The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) issued an eviction order on Monday Immediate for the city center, declaring all concentrations in public roads illegal. The measure was adopted after a day of intense protests that resulted in disturbances, including acts of vandalism and the burning of several autonomous vehicles.
The central area, which remains under strong surveillance, was closed both to vehicular and pedestrian traffic. Numerous agents, both on foot and mounted, patrol the streets surrounding the City Council, where the atmosphere is tense calm. The streets, practically deserted, retain traces of the mobilization: Graffitis in official buildings, crushed bottles and scattered waste account for the passage of protesters.
Among the most serious registered facts, several autonomous taxis belonging to the Waymo company were attacked and burned. In response, the company decided to suspend its operations in the affected area. “We have temporarily suspended the operations and we are withdrawing our units by caution,” said a spokesman for the firm. Local authorities have not reported at the moment about arrests or injured, although an official report is expected in the next few hours.
They were shot to a journalist during the protest in Los Angeles
A television correspondent was injured at the time he reported from the place Of the facts, since it was reached by rubber bullets fired by the police during demonstrations in Los Angeles.
The media expressed in his social networks that “the American correspondent Lauren Tomasi was trapped in the crossfire when the Los Angeles Police Department shot rubber bullets against the protesters in the hearts of Los Angeles.”
The incident occurred while the journalist did her informative work at the place of protests. The images of the video show the exact moment when the reporter is forced to bend down for the impact on her left leg, this after a policeman points and shoots.
Donald Trump’s decision against protests
United States President Donald Trump, signed an order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops In Los Angeles, without the request of Governor Gavin Newsom, in an attempt to quell the protests that exploded after a series of migratory raids made by ICE in different parts of the city.
“President Trump He signed a presidential memorandum for the deployment of 2,000 National Guard members to control the anarchy that they left rootted”Said the White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt.
In parallel, the president of the United States warned in his account of Social truth that “if the governor Gavin NewScumfrom California, and the mayor Karen Bassof Los Angeles, They can’t do their jobwhich everyone knows they can’t, then The federal government will intervene and solve the problem.
Rejection of local authorities to Donald Trump’s measure
The deployment generated a strong opposition in California: the governor Gavin Newsom He cataloged him as a maneuver “useless and provocative“That lacks foundation, ensuring that state forces had the situation under control. He also criticized Marines’s announcement as a” deranged “act that aggravates tensions.
Similarly, the mayor Karen Bass He expressed his resounding rejection of federal intervention and condemned the “unnecessary” and “spectacular” character of the measure. On Friday, immigration agents made raids in work centers in different parts of the city, which generated the first clashes that lasted several hours.
Source: Ambito
