Los Angeles protesters burn American flag during anti-Trump demonstration
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Protestors Los Angeles It was filmed with the American flag burning and spitting out as they chanted anti-Trump slogans over the weekend.
Footage from the incident shows dozens of people wearing masks surrounding the American flag burning on the ground. Several individuals then spit on the flag or sprayed with a flammable liquid, continuing the flames before a second flag was added to the fire.
Many protesters raised flags from South American countries like Mexico as the US flags were burning on the ground. They also chanted “F-Trump.”
Footage of this weekend’s riot shows officers moving in to disperse the crowd and shooting flash bangs as they go.
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Man spits out a burning American flag during an anti-ice protest in Los Angeles. (Oliya Scootercaster/FreedomNewstv)
Los Angeles police declared a “illegal rally” Sunday night as protesters did not dissolve in the downtown area.
The central division of LAPD wrote to X: “The agitators are scattered throughout the downtown area,” he wrote.
“Illegal gatherings have been declared in the downtown Los Angeles area,” the department added.
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Anti-ice protesters in Los Angeles burn the American flag. (Oliya Scootercaster/FreedomNewstv)
The protesters marched LA Live Area, The entertainment complex, located in the heart of downtown Los Angeles, adjacent to the Crypto.com Arena and the Los Angeles Convention Center, blocked lanes at Figueroa and 11th Avenue, police said.
President Donald Trump sent the National Guard this weekend after immigrants and customs enforcement agents were reported Attacked on the streets of LA They raided to capture and deport illegal immigrants. Seeing neither California Gov. Gavin Newsom nor La Mayor Karen Bass were active enough to stop the attack, Trump signed the president’s memorandum of understanding to deploy 2,000 National Guard forces to “deal with the lawlessness that Fester has been allowed.”
Riot police move forward to disperse anti-ice protesters in Los Angeles. (Oliya Scootercaster/FreedomNewstv)
Newsom immediately opposed the riots, even if they spiraled.
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“I have formally requested that the Trump administration retract their illegal deployment of troops in Los Angeles County and return them to my command,” Newsom wrote to X on Sunday with a letter to President Trump. “It wasn’t a problem until Trump got involved. This is a serious violation of national sovereignty. It burns tension while pulling resources from where it really is needed.”
Louis Casiano of Fox News contributed to this report.