LAUSD will deploy school police to set up safe zones around campuses, graduations amid ICE raids

[WhiskeyGrinder]

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-06-09/los-angeles-unified-school-police-set-up-safe-zones-amid-graduations-ice-raids

Los Angeles school police will set up a safety perimeter around campuses and school events — including graduations — to keep federal immigration agents away from students, employees and families, school officials said Monday.

The announcement by Supt. Alberto Carvalho comes amid widespread immigration raids in Los Angeles — including one on Monday at a Home Depot adjacent to Huntington Park High School — after a weekend of isolated but intense downtown clashes between police and protesters, some of whom set self-driving Waymo cars on fire and threw rocks and fireworks.

The move is among the most notable actions taken by the nation’s second-largest school district, whose leaders said at a news conference Monday that they will deploy their own police force to protect students and their families so they can enjoy in peace the many graduation ceremonies that will unfold this week as the school year concludes Tuesday.

“We stand strongly on the right side of law,” Carvalho said. “Every student in our community, every student across the country, has a constitutional right to a free public education of high quality, without threat. Every one of our students, independently of their immigration status, has a right to a free meal in our schools. Every one of our children, no questions asked, has a right to counseling, social emotional support, mental support.”

[Walleye]

1. I love L.A.

I went two semesters to LA city college I lived in Hollywood, college cost me $6.50 a semester for the ID card that was it. We had some great concerts there too, on the lawn. Boz Scaggs and the Johnny Otis show I remember. This would be in the early 70s

[vanlassie]

2. Johnny Otis! Johnny Otis!

[Walleye]

7. That was great. I've never forgotten that concert.

Cleanhead Vinson sang and played sax and Shuggie Otis, Johnny’s son played lead guitar.

[Codifer]

9. What the hey, might as well..... great song.

[ananda]

3. My mother went to City College before finishing at UCLA.

She got a degree in business and became a stockbroker for
a little while.

She loved LA too.

[Codifer]

8. Yeah... I was born there.

[Codifer]

11. One more:

[Hekate]

4. Kudos to Supt. Alberto Carvalho

[mountain grammy]

5. Bravo! I'll add my hat tip

To Supt. Carvalho.

[et tu]

12. ditto nt

[Wednesdays]

6. Oh boy, here we go

Let's say the Feds decide to charge into schools and graduations, fully armed.

[Codifer]

10. It tears my heart out

to think of that.

[flashman13]

13. Supt. Carvalho has thrown down the gauntlet. I think ICE will attack graduation ceremonies.

I also think it could get ugly. I don't believe students will be the least bit intimidated. They will stand up to protect their own. Let's set if Gestapo Miller wants the bad PR of his agents beating students in caps and gown. My guess is he doesn't give a shit.

[AntiFascist]

14. K&R!!! Excellent use of the 2nd Amendment, and I don't mean shooting people n/t