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(Channel) Nine reporter caught up in LA protests as governor hits out at Trump
Los Angeles: Law enforcement officers have fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters in Los Angeles – hitting a Nine News reporter in the process – after thousands of people took to the streets in response to US President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard.
Protesters blocked off a major freeway on Saturday evening (Sunday morning AEST) and set autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement tried to control the crowd.
Nine News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi was reporting in a situation she said was rapidly deteriorating when she was shot in the leg by a rubber bullet, as Los Angeles police, some on horseback, moved in on protesters. She was not injured in the incident, which was captured on camera.
Elsewhere, officers wearing riot gear lined up behind National Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities, including a detention centre where some immigrants were taken after sweeping raids in the city that triggered protests on Friday and Saturday and prompted Trump to send in the National Guard.
More: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/national-guard-troops-take-to-streets-in-los-angeles-after-trump-order-20250609-p5m5tj.html
https://archive.md/5Ndsn
Protesters blocked off a major freeway on Saturday evening (Sunday morning AEST) and set autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement tried to control the crowd.
Nine News US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi was reporting in a situation she said was rapidly deteriorating when she was shot in the leg by a rubber bullet, as Los Angeles police, some on horseback, moved in on protesters. She was not injured in the incident, which was captured on camera.
Elsewhere, officers wearing riot gear lined up behind National Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities, including a detention centre where some immigrants were taken after sweeping raids in the city that triggered protests on Friday and Saturday and prompted Trump to send in the National Guard.
More: https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/national-guard-troops-take-to-streets-in-los-angeles-after-trump-order-20250609-p5m5tj.html
https://archive.md/5Ndsn