FBI is looking for suspects allegedly assaulting federal officers during anti-ice riots in Los Angeles
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Federal Investigation Bureau They are looking for suspects accused of assaulting a federal officer and causing damage to government property during an anti-ice demonstration in Los Angeles.
The agency is seeking the support of its citizens who are offering up to $50,000 for information that leads to suspect identification, arrest and convictions.
On Saturday, around 3:30pm, the suspect allegedly threw a rock at law enforcement in Alondra Blvd. In Paramount, California, it caused injuries to federal officials and damage to government vehicles.
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous.
Patel promises the FBI will come for those attacking officers when Los Angeles erupts in an ice raid
The FBI is looking for suspects accused of assaulting federal officers and causing damage to government property. (FBI)
FBI Director Kash Patel “If you attack a law enforcement officer, you’re going to prison – period.”
“It doesn’t matter where you came from, how you came here, or what you claim to represent,” Patel told Fox News Digital. “If the local jurisdiction doesn’t stand behind the men and women wearing badges, the FBI will.”
Patel also issued a similar warning on social media.
“It doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, what movements tell you. If local police don’t let our men and women retreat with the pale blue lines, we’re the @FBI will,” Patel wrote to X on Saturday night.
On Sunday, the head of the FBI said Los Angeles was “under siege” amid demonstrations against deportation and ice attacks targeting migrant workers from local businesses.
“This FBI does not need anyone’s permission to enforce the constitution as we have revealed,” Patel wrote to X. “My responsibility lies not with the political punchline, but with the American people. LA is under siege by looting criminals. We will restore law and order.
National Guard arrives in Los Angeles amid violent anti-ice protests
The FBI offers rewards of up to $50,000 for information that leads to suspect identification, arrest and conviction. (FBI)
Dan Bongino, deputy FBI director general, also warned protesters in violence that the agency would pursue “all available leads for assault on federal officers, in addition to the many arrests already made.”
“We pursue every case, but we don’t need to catch every PARP. We don’t just need to catch you,” Bongino wrote on Sunday in X.
The Trump administration also took over the National Guard and deployed troops in Los Angeles to respond to the demonstrations. The president also threatened to send active-duty Marines.
Democrat California Gov. Gavin Newsom has denounced the federal government’s move to deploy the National Guard, demanding that the administration retract the deployment of the military and return it to his orders. The governor said the state will file a lawsuit against the administration over federal deployment.
“Trump is about to manufacture a crisis in LA County. He is about to deploy a disruptive army, not for order,” Newsmom wrote on X on Sunday.
The suspect is considered armed and dangerous. (FBI)
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“President Trump is expanding the situation by threatening to deploy around 500 active Marines in the city of Los Angeles,” he said in a separate post. “Los Angeles: Stay peaceful. Don’t fall into the traps that extremists want.”
Newsom added in another post that Trump “wants confusion and he is instigating violence.”
“People who attack law enforcement or cause damage to property will risk arrest,” he wrote. “Stay in peace. Stay focused. Don’t give him the excuse he’s looking for.”
Los Angeles Democrat Mayor Karen Bass also urged the administration to end federal deployment.