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Friday, June 20, 2025

We don't have s" under control," a Los Angeles Police Department commander told me on Sunday. "It's a godsend that the National Guard and the Marines are here." Officers on the street felt the same way, though the LAPD forbids them to express that view in public, the commander said. There are two different pictures of what happened in Los Angeles"the official one from California's elected leaders and the media, and the ground-level view from law enforcement. On Saturday"a week after President Trump activated the National Guard and six days after Gov. Gavin Newsom told Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that local law enforcement officers were "sufficient to maintain order""a crowd broke into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center downtown to liberate the detainees ...

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Depends on what one is rioting for or against one supposes. Just sayin

#1 | Posted by LauraMohr at 2025-06-20 12:01 PM | Reply

Protesting is fine. Rioting is not. Those are different things.

#2 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-06-20 12:18 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

I figured this was a comrad Jeffry
Thread Before I opened it. Our Russian friends are becoming too predictable.

#3 | Posted by a_monson at 2025-06-20 02:44 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Whenever I want an objective opinion on protests and riots, I ALWAYS consult the author of, "Trump Defends the Law"!

jajajaa!

#4 | Posted by Corky at 2025-06-20 02:51 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Depends on who.

#5 | Posted by fresno500 at 2025-06-20 04:09 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

"We don't have s" under control," a Los Angeles Police Department commander told me on Sunday. "It's a godsend that the National Guard and the Marines are here."

Lying statements like this are why people say "fcnk the police" and "ACAB". This pig is obviously MAGA

#6 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-20 05:01 PM | Reply

The LAPD, the Rampart Division, or anyone on the force have no history of abuse against minorities or other vulnerable people, right? media.npr.org

#7 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-06-20 05:12 PM | Reply

ask the firm who's name begins with"horizon" and let

them give youa financial balance sheet on their payroll/

...signs and "cocktails" budget

#8 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-06-20 06:18 PM | Reply

As long as it's a mostly peaceful riot.

#9 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-06-20 07:02 PM | Reply | Funny: 2


Protesting is fine. Rioting is not. Those are different things.

#2 | POSTED BY REDIAL AT 2025-06-20 12:18 PM | REPLY

Depends on who.

#5 | POSTED BY FRESNO500 AT 2025-06-20 04:09 PM | REPLY | NEWSWORTHY 1

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-06-20 07:16 PM | Reply

Re: #9

LOL!

#11 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-06-20 07:31 PM | Reply

Ballwasher the MAGAT ----------.

#12 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-06-20 07:38 PM | Reply

Rioting acceptable? Not according to the 1st Amendment of the US Constitution:

Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Of course, liberal dems have a weird idea of what the word 'peacefully' means, or the question would be even be asked in the first place.

#13 | Posted by MSgt at 2025-06-21 12:26 PM | Reply

Is rioting acceptable?

Depends on your skin color.

As the pardons for the J6th insurrectionists proves.

#14 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-21 12:28 PM | Reply

I made the mistake of reading this opinion article.

It provides zero facts and is a lot of anonymous, "he said, she said".

Facts is, what's happening in Los Angeles is a direct result of the Trump administration's disastrous policies and the need to distract Americans from his horrendous legislation republicans are desperately trying to push through Congress.

#15 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-21 12:37 PM | Reply

Of course, liberal dems have a weird idea of what the word 'peacefully' means, or the question would be even be asked in the first place.

#13 | POSTED BY MSGT

Go f*^% yourself, j6 defender.

#16 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-21 03:33 PM | Reply

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