The Los Angeles riots took an ominous turn on Monday night as a mystery donor was seen dropping off tactical war-time face shields for protesters in a sign that the chaos is nowhere near over.
The mystery donor was caught on camera passing our gas masks and riot shields to protesters in the streets as the National Guard was stationed nearby.
The chaos began on Friday when anti-ICE protesters seized on a handful of police raids across the city, taking to the streets to burn cars and march against what they say are unfair deportations.
Local business owners are outraged as destructive looters continue to target downtown stores as the protests rage on.
President Donald Trump is deploying another 2,000 National Guard troops, along with 700 Marines, to LA today after Monday marked a fourth day of destructive protests.
California has filed a lawsuit over the use of National Guard troops following the first deployment, telling reporters that Trump had ‘trampled’ the state’s sovereignty.
Trump claims the city would have been ‘completely obliterated’ if he had not deployed the Guard.
Additional protests against immigration raids have now erupted in several other cities including San Francisco and Santa Ana, California, and Dallas and Austin, Texas.
Mystery donor distributes ‘tactical gear’ to LA rioters
A mystery donor was caught on camera dispersing tactical gear to Los Angeles rioters as anti-ICE protesters wreaked havoc on the city.
The unidentified woman passed out gas masks and riot shields to demonstrators in the downtown streets, just steps from federal buildings, as the National Guard was stationed nearby.
The masks were branded ‘bionic shield’, FOX 11 reports, and the mystery donor – who handed out the goods from a pick-up truck – appeared to be travelling with a group of masked individuals.
It is unclear if they are affiliated with any particular organization.
Witnesses also claimed that the rioters were ‘graffitiing, burning rubber nd preparing for clashes with police’.
Mexican president blasts Trump as she hails Mexican migrants living in the US as ‘heroes’
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum fanned the flames of the ongoing riots in Los Angeles, calling Mexican migrants living in the US ‘heroes’ while blasting the immigration policies of US President Donald Trump.
‘We disagree with this approach to the migration phenomenon,’ Sheinbaum said during a press conference Sunday afternoon in San Andrés Cholula, Puebla.
‘It’s not about raids or violence, but rather working on a comprehensive reform that takes into account the Mexicans on the other side of the border,’ she added. ‘That is our position, always a call for peace, to not exacerbate any form of violent protest.’
Sheinbaum said that 35 Mexican nationals were arrested by ICE agents as part of Trump’s deportation efforts.
Shocking moment CNN reporter is detained during live coverage of LA riots
Jason Carroll, a CNN national correspondent covering the anti-ICE riots in his native California, was reporting from the scene when suddenly he was confronted by law enforcement.
Anchor Laura Coates interrupted CNN law enforcement and intelligence analyst John Miller: ‘Wait one second, John. Hold on. I want to get Jason. What’s going on? I hear you. What am I seeing? Jason Carroll being… What? What happened? Jason?’
Carroll finally speaks while talking to a member of law enforcement attempting to remove him from the area.
‘I am being detained. I am being detained, Laura,’ he said to Coates, before turning to the officer and asking: ‘I am not being arrested, correct?’
Karen Bass tells Californians to ‘rise to the moment’ as chaos reigns
LA Mayor Karen Bass encouraged rioters to ‘rise to the moment’ in a social media post that seemingly tried to urge for peaceful demonstration.
She urged protesters not to ‘buy into Trump’s chaos’ and reiterated the demonstrations are ‘about protecting our immigrant communities’ and not the ‘destruction’ of LA.
Bass has repeatedly come under fire for her weak response to the riots, which saw her suggest that local law enforcement had the situation under control as the city burned.
Horrifying footage shows how LA erupted into chaos
Shocking footage shows how violent riots plunged Los Angeles into chaos for four days straight.
A van ploughed into crowds, protesters torched cars and threw rocks at cops, and journalists were shot with rubber bullets as authorities staged a brutal crackdown.
People were also left running for their lives as a people carrier was driven full-speed into a crowd, with reports that several protesters were injured.
LA business owner hits back at looters
An outraged shop owner hit out at the ‘ridiculous’ rioters who are targeting businesses in downtown LA.
‘It doesn’t look like they are protesting ICE,’ Monty, owner of Bargain2Perfumes told NewsNation, ‘They are just doing this for looting the store and everything.’
His store was among those broken into and raided during the riots.
Gavin Newsom accuses Trump of ‘mistreating’ troops by not arranging beds for them in riot zone
California Gov. Gavin Newsom slammed President Donald Trump for allegedly mistreating the National Guard troops that the president deployed to LA.
Newsom has adamantly opposed Trump’s order to deploy troops to curb the riots, arguing that the deployment of troops ‘trampled’ on the state’s sovereignty.
California has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over the order.
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LA riots take ominous new turn as mystery donor drops off wartime face shields for protesters: Live updates
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