Posted on 06/09/2025 11:10:51 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
Dozens of people were arrested Sunday and accused of attempted murder, arson and other crimes during a day of violence and protests in Los Angeles.
A combined 42 arrests were made by the Los Angeles Police Department, California Highway Patrol and Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, the LAPD said early Monday. Alleged crimes included attempted murder, looting, arson, failure to disperse, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer and other offenses.
Details about the attempted murder arrest were not immediately available.
"This violence that I've seen is disgusting," said LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell. "It's escalated now. What we saw the first night was bad. What we've seen subsequent to that is getting increasingly worse and more violent."
People also directed commercial grade fireworks at officers, McDonnell added.
"That can kill you," he said.
The arrests came during a third straight day of unrest in Los Angeles, where demonstrations were organized over recent federal immigration raids in Southern California. At least 50 arrests were reported over the weekend.
Tensions intensified after early afternoon protests outside a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles when the group, confronted by police, moved away from the area and onto the nearby 101 Freeway.
Rocks, bottles and other objects were thrown at police officers and patrol vehicles. McDonnell said some people brought larger rocks in backpacks and broke them into smaller pieces to hurl at officers.
"I've seen civil unrest before, and generally, the second and third days are more violence," McDonnell said.
McDonnell said the department was overwhelmed by the number of protesters and were working through attacks on officers that included Molotov cocktails, hammers and stones. Several Waymo driverless cars were set on fire and the LAPD said looters broke into a shoe store and other businesses...
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Charge them federally to avoid the State DAs letting them go..
Arrests, of anyone on the left, will mean nothing given our insufferable justice system.
However, they will have meaning if/when Trump declares this as what it is and we move to military courts.
Without the corrupt courts they stand naked before real justice.
Unless they are arrested on Federal charges, they will be back on the street within two days.
Good. Throw the book at them.
Attempted murder, arson and other crimes going hard to beat those charges even for a crooked judge the feds are to close to it.
All charges will be dropped.
Looters should be shot on sight. As should anyone seen with a Molotov cocktail, throwing a rock or masked and dressed in all black.
Yeah, I know...NEVER HAPPEN.
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