Protests intensify in Los Angeles
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Riots erupted in California over the weekend over the Trump administration’s efforts to detain illegal immigrants in the Golden State. President Donald Trump warned Monday that Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell had said protesters are getting “very much more aggressive,
Protestors in over a dozen cities are set to demonstrate their solidarity with those arrested by federal agents in California over the weekend.
Following a weekend of protests over ICE raids in Los Angeles being escalated by the Trump administration sending in the National Guard, “The View” host and moderator Whoopi Goldberg wondered on Monday morning if the country is now experiencing “pure fascism.”
Massachusetts senators Elizabeth Warren and Ed Markey called Trump's move to deploy the National Guard to quell LA protests "authoritarian."
In a post to social media, Providence state Representative Enrique Sanchez said he thought there should be a demonstration “like the one in LA.”
Guard members arrived to specifically to protect federal buildings, including the downtown detention center where protesters concentrated.
Several Waymo self-driving taxis were vandalized or set on fire during protests in Los Angeles, social media videos show.