Video review confirms ICE is the aggressor, not protesters says GUARDIAN and WPost

[IrishBubbaLiberal]

- Video footage reviewed by The Guardian and Washington Post showed flash-bangs, tear gas, and rubber bullets deployed against protesters without clear provocation.
- Protesters were often seen dispersing or shielding themselves, not advancing aggressively.

- Video footage reviewed by The Guardian and Washington Post showed flash-bangs, tear gas, and rubber bullets deployed against protesters without clear provocation.
- Protesters were often seen dispersing or shielding themselves, not advancing aggressively.

— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T12:58:55.014Z

Facts:
- Governor Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass both publicly stated they did not request National Guard assistance.
- Under normal circumstances, National Guard deployment requires state approval unless the Insurrection Act is invoked, which Trump has not done.

- Reporters on the ground, including from LAist, KPCC, and Reuters, reported being tear-gassed or pushed back despite clearly identifying themselves.
- Multiple journalists were caught on camera saying “We’re press!” as flash-bangs or tear gas were deployed nearby.

- Video footage and timeline analysis show a flash-bang grenade thrown into debris shortly before a car caught fire.
- No evidence has emerged that protesters intentionally started that fire.


- The Department of Homeland Security claimed “about 1,000 rioters” were involved. Reuters explicitly stated: “That number could not be independently verified.”
- No arrests, property damage, or injuries matched the scale of that claim in public records or independent media.


- LAPD and local sheriffs reported protests were largely peaceful, especially during the day before Trump escalation.
- Some tensions flared in Paramount and downtown LA, but no reports of organized looting or widespread property destruction emerged.

- Trump placed the National Guard under federal control (Title 10), bypassing state authority a rare and provocative move that violates the Tenth Amendment unless the Insurrection Act is formally invoked.

- Video footage and timeline analysis show a flash-bang grenade thrown into debris shortly before a car caught fire.
- No evidence has emerged that protesters intentionally started that fire.

— Alt National Park Service (@altnps.bsky.social) 2025-06-08T12:58:55.013Z

[wcmagumba]

1. ICE are t-rump's brown shirts...nt

[multigraincracker]

2. So many cameras, can't get away with nuttin.

[dchill]

11. One hopes.

[IcyPeas]

3. Nice to see that fact being reported!

[Arazi]

4. Yup. Newsom is dead wrong to blame the protesters

They weren’t violent, ICE/DHS are the aggressors, literally running over people and throwing non-lethal projectiles without provocation.

We need to push back hard on the assumption that citizens are the goons here.

[JBTaurus83]

6. Newsom has seen his day

He wants to be president, but, I think he would be one of the first forced to drop out in a primary. He brings nothing to the table and he’s a fake.

[JanMichael]

8. Once you go to the French Laundry during COVID protests are sooo boring

Something about limosines?

[Zackzzzz]

7. Please, where did he blame protesters?

I didn't see that.

[Arazi]

9. His own statement

He tells protesters to not get violent. They aren’t. It’s ICE/DHS that are initiating the violence.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100220376855

[JoseBalow]

14. Asking people to remain peaceful is blaming them?

[Arazi]

16. How about he address ICE/DHS agents that are initiating the violence?

He can fuck off with admonishing protesters while being silent on the real culprits

[JoseBalow]

17. So he's not blaming them?

[Iamscrewed]

5. Standard

Authoritarian fascism. I can't wait until the brown shirts of the day have an apifany and realize that they are the bad guys.

[chowder66]

10. But where is this video footage/timeline. I can't find it anywhere.

[DENVERPOPS]

12. As with many such occurrences

the initial news coverage somehow "disappears" a few days later as the Republican Main Stream Media decides it doesn't back the Republican Party's Rhetoric........

Many times, the initial live video coverage and comments are closer to the truth about what's happening, than you will EVER see again.....

Just like Fox News, nothing is reported that doesn't help the Republican Cause....And in all cases, "The Means, ALWAYS Justifies The End Result......

[damifino10]

13. Thank you for using Bluesky

No more twitter. No more X, please

[malaise]

15. Duh!

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