Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.
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00:00What we're seeing in LA is chaos caused by the administration. People should exercise their
00:10right to protest. That's their First Amendment right. But people should also exercise that right
00:16peacefully. We do not want to play into the administration's hands. We're working with
00:22officials. We're organizing resources. But what we're seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is
00:28provoked by the administration. When you raid Home Depot and workplaces, when you tear parents
00:37and children apart, and when you run armored caravans through our streets, you cause fear
00:43and you cause panic. And deploying federalized troops is a dangerous escalation. But we need
00:50to be real about this. This is about another agenda. It's not about public safety. There's
00:55clearly no plan. And there is clearly no policy.
01:03Many protests across the city have been peaceful. And we thank the community for expressing their
01:07views and their frustration in a responsible manner. However, when peaceful demonstrations
01:13devolve into acts of vandalism or violence, especially violence directed at innocent people,
01:19law enforcement officers and others, we must respond firmly. An act of violence, whether toward
01:24officers, demonstrators of the public, will be met with swift and lawful action.