Footage of Los Angeles, San Francisco Immigration Protests

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Tensions flared in Los Angeles on the third day of anti-deportation protests, as demonstrators clashed with law enforcement while President Donald Trump and California Governor Gavin Newsom exchanged blame over the unrest and responsibility for restoring order. The deployment of National Guard troops by Trump over the weekend, despite the objections of state and city officials, led to growing friction between local leaders and the administration. Newsom said he formally requested the White House rescind the “unlawful” order and return the troops to his command, warning it would only ramp up tensions. The governor said that California is going to sue the administration over the action.  “He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard,” Newsom posted Monday on X. “The order he signed doesn’t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into ANY STATE and do the same thing.” Here is footage from some of those protests in Los Angeles and San Francisco. LA Police Chief Jim McDonnell said Sunday evening many of the earlier protests around the city had been peaceful, but that conditions deteriorated as people committing vandalism and violence replaced daytime demonstrators. “This violence that I’ve seen is disgusting,” McDonnell said at a press conference. “What we saw the first night was was bad. What we’ve seen subsequent to that is getting increasingly worse and more violent.” The department issued an order telling people to immediately leave the downtown area, declaring it an “unlawful assembly.”  McDonnell said that he believes the police could have handled the initial situation without the assistance of the National Guard, but “looking at the violence tonight, I think we’ve got to make a reassessment.” In a series of Truth Social posts late Sunday, Trump described the unrest as an attack on immigration enforcement efforts. “A once great American City, Los Angeles, has been invaded and occupied by illegal aliens and criminals,” he wrote.  Trump called the demonstrations “migrant riots” and said federal agencies were directed to take “all such action necessary” to restore order and continue deportation operations. He later urged law enforcement to escalate their response, including arresting people wearing face masks and said McDonnell should bring in the troops “right now.” Newsom urged protesters to remain peaceful, an admonition some demonstrators ignored as crowds blocked a major roadway through downtown and people set fire to several self-driving ride-hailing vehicles nearby, sending black plumes into the sky. Newsom met Sunday evening with law enforcement leaders in Los Angeles, he posted on X. “We’re here to keep the peace — not play into Trump’s political games,” he wrote. According to LAPD officials, nearly 30 people were arrested Saturday. At least 10 arrests were made Sunday and three officers were injured. The California Highway Patrol made 17 arrests and the LAPD said more are likely as immigration raids continue and the violence that’s already taken place is investigated.  The San Francisco police also reported that on late Sunday they arrested about 60 people after protests against ICE raids broke out downtown. Federal law enforcement officials clashed briefly with a smaller group of demonstrators earlier on Sunday when a crowd gathered outside a federal building in downtown LA. The LAPD declared the gathering an unlawful assembly, using less than lethal munitions, like tear gas and batons to chase the crowd back. The LAPD said some people in the crowd threw bottles, chunks of concrete and other objects. The ICE raids are sending a sense of fear and chaos into the city, LA Mayor Karen Bass said during a press conference late Sunday afternoon, adding that people who want to protest should do so peacefully. The First Amendment grants a right to peaceful protest “but it does not give you the right to be violent to create chaos, or to vandalize property, and that will not be tolerated,” she said. -------- Watch Bloomberg Radio LIVE on YouTube Weekdays 7am-6pm ET WATCH HERE: http://bit.ly/3vTiACF Follow us on X: https://twitter.com/BloombergRadio Subscribe to our Podcasts: Bloomberg Daybreak: http://bit.ly/3DWYoAN Bloomberg Surveillance: http://bit.ly/3OPtReI Bloomberg Intelligence: http://bit.ly/3YrBfOi Balance of Power: http://bit.ly/3OO8eLC Bloomberg Businessweek: http://bit.ly/3IPl60i Listen on Apple CarPlay and Android Auto with the Bloomberg Business app: Apple CarPlay: https://apple.co/486mghI Android Auto: https://bit.ly/49benZy Visit our YouTube channels: Bloomberg Podcasts: https://www.youtube.com/bloombergpodcasts Bloomberg Television: https://www.youtube.com/@markets Bloomberg Originals: https://www.youtube.com/bloomberg Quicktake: https://www.youtube.com/@BloombergQuicktake