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bdamomma

(68,498 posts)
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 05:25 PM Tuesday

LA Times Article: Protestors or Agitators Who Is Driving Chaos at Immigration Protests

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/protesters-or-agitators-who-is-driving-chaos-at-l-a-immigration-protests/ar-AA1Gquv0?ocid=msedgntp&pc=W099&cvid=eb5031ffd8884fd6bffc3399fb97383f&ei=25

snip of article:

The crowd near Los Angeles City Hall had by Sunday evening reached an uneasy detente with a line of grim-faced police officers.

The LAPD officers gripped "less lethal" riot guns, which fire foam rounds that leave red welts and ugly bruises on anyone they hit. Demonstrators massed in downtown Los Angeles for the third straight day. Some were there to protest federal immigration sweeps across the county — others appeared set on wreaking havoc.

Several young men crept through the crowd, hunched over and hiding something in their hands. They reached the front line and hurled eggs at the officers, who fired into the fleeing crowd with riot guns.





I believe they are agitators.
The same thing happened in the George Floyd Protests
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LA Times Article: Protestors or Agitators Who Is Driving Chaos at Immigration Protests (Original Post) bdamomma Tuesday OP
A lot of it is the same idiots who loot after Dodgers victories. I think others are Black Bloc. LauraInLA Tuesday #1
shithole and GQP are .... Lovie777 Tuesday #2
Plenty of agitators. They don't let people into games with backpacks, possible weapons, etc. Think there should be rules Silent Type Tuesday #3
cops WhiskeyGrinder Tuesday #4

LauraInLA

(2,144 posts)
1. A lot of it is the same idiots who loot after Dodgers victories. I think others are Black Bloc.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 05:34 PM
Tuesday

Silent Type

(9,941 posts)
3. Plenty of agitators. They don't let people into games with backpacks, possible weapons, etc. Think there should be rules
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 06:01 PM
Tuesday

for protesters too, even when we might back the cause.

For example, Kyle Rittenhouse never should have been allowed to go to a protest with a rifle hanging around his neck. Same for the MFers on Jan 6th.

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