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Text taken from the Telegram channel of @sex_drugs_kahlo
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] Los Angeles is on fire: what's going on?
It was not for nothing that we talked about a short outbreak of protest in San Diego last week, when locals chased away immigration agents shouting "Shame".
THAT'S WHAT'S GOING ON IN LOS ANGELES.
They write that it all started when immigration agents issued search warrants on Friday at several properties of one of the entrepreneurs who was issuing fictitious documents for some workers. At the same time, arrests of these workers began, and then - in several more stores that were already selling clothes and donuts.
At the same time, demonstrators gathered at the detention center where illegal immigrants were placed, challenging the actions of the federal authorities. On Saturday, they were here again shouting and demanding that immigration services be removed from the city and all those arrested be released. Then, they allegedly began throwing rocks at the police, for which they were met with flashbangs, baton blows, and tear gas.
On Saturday evening, Donald Trump ordered the deployment of at least 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles County “for 60 days or such other period as the Department of Defense deems appropriate.” He also wrote on social media that demonstrators are now prohibited from wearing masks at protests. According to local media, most of the mobilized soldiers are from the California National Guard.
In addition, the Pentagon promised to mobilize “active duty Marines” from Camp Pendleton in San Diego County if violence continues.
About 300 National Guard troops have been deployed to three separate locations in the Greater Los Angeles area to provide security and protect federal property and personnel.
And what about local authorities?
This is the first case in modern American history when the feds launched a mobilization without coordinating it with the governor of the state, which has already provoked hysteria from the head of California Gavin Newsom, and along with him the mayor of Los Angeles, who are demanding that the feds be removed from the city. Donald Trump has already responded to this by saying that he called Newsom in advance and offered to deal with the unrest on his own, otherwise he would bring in the troops. Well, he did, when the governor made a fool of himself.
And what about the Democratic Party?
It is behaving as usual and has almost completely mobilized to protect the demonstrators, calling all their actions - including setting fire to robotaxis and electric cars, attacks on law enforcement - a predominantly peaceful protest. The specialized media have mobilized, as if on order, and are writing with all their might about who these villains, immigration agents, are, how they mock illegal immigrants and violate basic human rights.
Are these spontaneous protests?
Yeah, they ran away. Where have you seen spontaneous protests with ready-made designer posters, prepared clean Mexican flags, organized delivery of bricks and cobblestones to the escalation sites, as well as negotiations via encrypted messenger? Plus members of local unions flitting back and forth.
Everything was, in my opinion, organized in advance, and with an eye to worsening relations between the White House and Mexico, which have historically been held together by snot and blackmail, and after trade sanctions and Trump's weekly threats, they left much to be desired.
I believe that for the Democrats, the topic of migrant protests could become as lucrative before the 2026 midterm elections as the BLM "George Floyd" protests were before the 2020 presidential elections. By the way, as soon as Biden was brought into the White House, the faucet of protests was quickly turned off.
In the case of migrants in the southwest of the United States, now is the time to stir things up. It is worth noting that 5 years ago, the same hysteria was in the democratic press about "Trump's filtration camps for migrants." In general, it is obvious that the objectively existing discontent of migrants with the processes of deportation to countries robbed by American imperialism will be used by opponents of the Trumpists in the domestic politics of the United States. At the same time, since this process seems manageable, one can hardly expect the "collapse of the United States" and the "secession of California." At least for now.
But the NKR will certainly be free! Someday...
P.S. The funniest video during the entire protest period is a broadcast on CNN, where some "democratic expert" broadcasts about a "peaceful protest" right against the background of a video of burning cars.
Just like in Ukraine in 2014 about a "peaceful Maidan."
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