Violent unrest in Los Angeles

[unicorn]

Downtown Los Angeles was blocked off yesterday due to violent protests of Trump's immigration actions. Waymo vehicles were especially targeted, for reasons not clear to me (perhaps because they're driverless, so nobody gets hurt?). 

[Mavica]

There are always provocateurs infiltrating and looking for the opportunity to provoke violence - overshadowing those peacefully or non-violently exercising their rights to protest.  Anarchists oftentimes believe if they provoke violence and innocent demonstrators are roughed up by police, arrested, the masses will rise up and overthrow whichever government they protest.  It's part of the playbook ... and President Trump is just waiting for situations such as this to exercise his authoritarian tendencies.  

[Moses]

Most funny is how medias show it.

Brainwashing in action.

 

 

 

[floridarob]

8 hours ago, Moses said:

Brainwashing in action.

Are there protests allowed in Russia?
 

[unicorn]

10 hours ago, Moses said:

Most funny is how medias show it.

Brainwashing in action.

 

 

 

With all of those statements, when they were said and in what context is what matters. The violence was pretty much limited to Sunday, and during the daylight hours, not at night (though I realize that in Russia, daylight is present for almost 24 hours in June, but not in LA, when the violence was quelled by around 7 PM). And, of course, carrying a flag is never illegal in the US, though of course that doesn't extend to vandalism and/or violence. Try to carry a rainbow flag in Russia, though, or even wear a small one on your shirt, and see what happens.

[Keithambrose]

On 6/9/2025 at 5:51 PM, Mavica said:

There are always provocateurs infiltrating and looking for the opportunity to provoke violence - overshadowing those peacefully or non-violently exercising their rights to protest.  Anarchists oftentimes believe if they provoke violence and innocent demonstrators are roughed up by police, arrested, the masses will rise up and overthrow whichever government they protest.  It's part of the playbook ... and President Trump is just waiting for situations such as this to exercise his authoritarian tendencies.  

Yes, it's unfortunate,  but they are playing into Trump's hands.

[floridarob]

2 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

but they are playing into Trump's hands.

His tiny hands 🙌🏼

[PeterRS]

11 hours ago, floridarob said:

Are there protests allowed in Russia?
 

No response yet!

[Moses]

1 hour ago, PeterRS said:

No response yet!

Do you think I should support derailing thread?

On 6/10/2025 at 12:51 AM, Mavica said:

There are always provocateurs

 

[Moses]

More interesting and within topic is question: When did the LA mayor lie - when she said the city was "calm" or when she announced a curfew?

 

[Olddaddy]

So they are protesting because he is sending back illegal immigrants?😳

 

[thaiophilus]

2 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

So they are protesting because he is sending back illegal immigrants?😳

 

No.

HTH.

[khaolakguy]

16 hours ago, Moses said:

Do you think I should support derailing thread?

As if!