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2025-06-08 Home Front: WoT
President Trump sends National Guard as violent anti-ICE riots erupt in Los Angeles, rioters led by Mexican Black Bloc, Gov. Newsom fumes
See also here.
[FoxNews] The National Guard was deployed to Los Angeles County as anti-ICE protests continued to escalate Saturday afternoon and into the evening.

The unrest is centered in the city of Paramount, California, where protesters clashed with federal authorities, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers who were allegedly trying to conduct a raid at a local business.

Update from Zero Hedge at 9:20 a.m. ET gives us provenance — taking us beyond What to Who, courtesy of Skidmark:
Riots Erupt At LA ICE Facility As Mexican BLM Clone Unleashes Color Revolution Operation
After failing to ignite multiple color revolution-style protests earlier this year targeting Elon Musk and President Trump over DOGE-related efforts, Democrats and their rogue NGO network appear to be at it again—this time staging a new protest movement against Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers in Los Angeles, hoping to spark another 'Summer of Love' nationwide riots like in 2020, when leftists used the useful idiots behind the Marxist group Black Lives Matter as a vehicle for chaos.

With BLM kicked to the curb by the Democratic Party, the Mexican version of BLM - Unión del Barrio - whose manifesto is filled with explicit Marxist and communist rhetoric—has become the next group Democrats will use as useful idiots.

On Friday, Unión del Barrio issued a call to action for the crazies on Facebook to stage a protest against "ICE Terrorists" in Downtown LA:

Emergency Protest TODAY in LA! 4:30PM

535 Alameda St LA, CA 90012

Join us to denounce ICE terrorizing our communities! Over 200 people are currently being held at this location in the basement of the courthouse. Today, there has been ICE activity all over the LA area.

LA EMERGENCY PROTEST!

535 Alameda St, LA, CA 90012

Friday, June 6, 2025 4:30PM

STOP DEPORTATIONS NOW!

ICE has hundreds of members of our community kidnapped and is holding them at this location.

According to journalist Andy Ngo, multiple far-left groups, one being Antifa, amplified Unión del Barrio's "emergency protest" at the "basement of the courthouse."

Chaos shortly erupted on the streets outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse.

A quick review of Unión del Barrio's political program is absolutely alarming - and basically the Mexican version of BLM...

Core Beliefs & Goals:

  • Opposition to U.S. imperialism, capitalism, and settler colonialism

  • Advocacy for immigrant rights, against deportations and ICE raids

  • Promotion of community organizing in working-class Latino neighborhoods

  • Support for socialist and pan-Latino unity movements

  • Education and youth empowerment through political study and activism

Action campaigns:

  • Organizes rallies and protests, particularly against ICE and border enforcement

  • Runs community education programs like Escuelita Aztlán

  • Collaborates with other radical left-wing organizations in the U.S. and Latin America

  • Frequently involved in May Day demonstrations, anti-police protests, and immigration activism

What's clear is that Unión del Barrio operates on a Marxist-Leninist and decolonial framework that wants to destroy the West and capitalism, or more importantly, destroy America. In other words, the org is just the Mexican version of BLM.

More courtesy of Skidmark:
‘Deranged': Newsom Fumes as Trump Federalizes National Guard, Threatens to Deploy Marines to Quell Anti-ICE Riots
[Breitbart] California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) took his frustrations to social media on Saturday as President Donald Trump federalized 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles.

Trump sent in the National Guard after two days of rioting in which black-clad radicals attacked federal law enforcement officials who were arresting illegal aliens in the city.

The rioters set fire to cars, tagged federal buildings with graffiti, and attacked federal officers.

City and state officials did little to stop the violence, other than offering their support for “immigrants” and criticizing the Trump administration.

Newsom was furious — especially after the administration hinted that Marines, too, could be deployed:

Newsom did little to stop the riots in 2020, when Black Lives Matter activists trashed the city for days.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shared video footage of the violent protests and rioting when people spray painted anti-police and ICE sentiments on cars, signs, and buildings.

“The violent targeting of law enforcement in Los Angeles by lawless protestors is despicable. These men and women work every day, putting their lives on the line, to protect and defend the lives of American citizens. Mayor Bass, ICE is not responsible for ‘sowing a sense of terror’ the protestors YOU enabled are,” the agency wrote:

More video footage shows protesters accusing police officers of “collaborating” with ICE agents:

In addition, other clips show more of the chaos and a sea of protesters marching down a street:

Update: President Trump posted his approval of the National Guard’s activities overnight on Truth Social:
Posted by badanov 2025-06-08 03:32|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [395 views ]  Top
 File under: Antifa/BLM 

#1 What's the ROE?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2025-06-08 04:20||   2025-06-08 04:20|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#2 Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned that 'active duty Marines' were on 'high alert' as roving mobs of violent thugs created havoc on the streets of Los Angeles.
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-08 04:53||   2025-06-08 04:53|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#3 Patel promises FBI coming for anyone assaulting cops as Los Angeles erupts over ICE raids
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-08 05:03||   2025-06-08 05:03|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#4 Trump might tell the International Olympic committee to be prepared for an alternative site for 2028.
Posted by Procopius2k 2025-06-08 07:12||   2025-06-08 07:12|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#5 
Has the Civil War / Rebellion between USA MAGA vs Illegals, Liberal, Socialists, & Democrats started?

Will Blue State run politicians start, raiding Conservative (MAGA) registered gun owners and voters, to be held without trial?

Will there be a major increase in Domestic Terrorism in the coming months? Like the Teen who was stopped, just before he executed his plan for a mass shooting at the 3 Rivers Mall in Washington state. Which also involved using an IED chlorine bomb.

Only time will tell.
Posted by NN2N1 2025-06-08 07:19||   2025-06-08 07:19|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#6 Natalie Winters is reporting on X that ActBlue is funding the rioters.
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-08 08:47||   2025-06-08 08:47|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#7 My intuition-based guess for NN2N1, based on what I've absorbed here at Rantburg, worth what you paid for it — I have no arguments to support my feelings here:

Yes, the Civil War is officially begun, now that the Black Bloc-ers are pivoting away from Jew hate on campus — the semester is over and everyone has gone home for the summer, and anyway, President Trump is driving strong punishments for all involved, particularly the universities.

I don’t think there will be mass round-ups of gun owners and other free thinkers in Blue States, not with strongly active Trump nominees sitting in Homeland Security, ICE, the Justice Department and the FBI. Or even harassment, after the first attempts are smashed down.

I think there will be more riots like this — in Blue States, after attempts in Red States are shut down hard — because Black Bloc types only have one response when switched on. So the feds will quickly have a lovely collection in their cells to trace connections from — no doubt the latest upgrade of DoD’s Palantir (that’s the one, right?) will come in very handy, indeed.

It may be that after deeply angering President Trump with their induced Jew hate, this will turn out to be the step too far that gets the entire ecosystem shut down, all the way back to the rich Progressives (and China, and maybe Iran and some rich Sunni Arab jihad lovers) financing the thing. Or even if it is only strongly cut back, like an overgrown hedge, that would be very helpful as a first step.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-08 09:16||   2025-06-08 09:16|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#8 Actually, we are funding them
Posted by Mercutio 2025-06-08 09:16||   2025-06-08 09:16|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#9 "WE" are not funding them. Some corrupt bureaucrat is.
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-08 09:20||   2025-06-08 09:20|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#10 As so often, NN2N1, you guide my thinking.

Really good find, Mercutio. DOGE’s next round of searches becomes apparent, unless DataRepublican or one of the other volunteers is already on it.
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-08 09:22||   2025-06-08 09:22|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#11 Whoops! Via Instapundit, Data Republican is indeed also on it. Army of Davids stuff!

Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-08 09:25||   2025-06-08 09:25|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#12 ...Those Marines should secure the Port and USN facilities in and around Los Angeles....along with the refineries. Divert EVERYTHING elsewhere.

When even the rich can't get goodies or gas, it might just stop PDQ.

Mike



Posted by MikeKozlowski 2025-06-08 10:24||   2025-06-08 10:24|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#13 Is there any information about what type of units have been activated? MPs? Medical? Something else?
Posted by EMS Artifact 2025-06-08 11:35||   2025-06-08 11:35|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#14 The Marines are just down the road at Camp Pendleton. They can be there in two hours.
Posted by Phererong Whavique2804 2025-06-08 11:37||   2025-06-08 11:37|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#15 With helicopters the Marines could be there in minutes.
Posted by Phererong Whavique2804 2025-06-08 11:42||   2025-06-08 11:42|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#16 Although I hesitate to put this thought out there, it's a bit interesting that Newsom has not sought a TRO against the deployment of the National Guard. Maybe Newsom's tried and been told that there are some orders even Judge Boasberg won't sign.
Posted by Matt 2025-06-08 12:35||   2025-06-08 12:35|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#17 ROE should be rioters will be shot without warning.
Posted by Silentbrick 2025-06-08 13:27||   2025-06-08 13:27|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#18 it's a bit interesting that Newsom has not sought a TRO against the deployment of the National Guard.

Possibly Newsom's presidential ambitions are holding him back. The Normies are generally appalled by riots. Being overtly on the side of the rioters might make for some bad opposition campaign ads.
Posted by SteveS 2025-06-08 13:48||   2025-06-08 13:48|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#19 The Feds haven’t shot rioters since Kent State and I hope it stays that way. If they get the J6 treatment and are prosecuted I’d be quite happy.
Posted by Ebbuger Whuque4103 2025-06-08 14:00||   2025-06-08 14:00|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#20 we've had NGOs indirectly funding rioting, criminal trespassing, etc. for a few years now

somehow, we still don't have enough receipts to begin criminal indictments or class action civil suits, although some lawsuits have begun against some universities

I think the problem is that the FBI and the other law enforcement hasn't infiltrated these lefty orgs.
Posted by Lord Garth 2025-06-08 14:18||   2025-06-08 14:18|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#21 ^Maybe the problem is that lefty orgs have infiltrated FBI and the other law enforcement?
Posted by Grom the Reflective 2025-06-08 14:24||   2025-06-08 14:24|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#22 #19 ew109 Is right. I hope there will be no shooting except in self defense. Aggressively arrest them, put them through the federal ringer. Search and sift through their phones for communications and histories. Use all applicable law to put them through the ringer at the very least make the process the punishment.
Posted by Difar Dave 2025-06-08 14:47||   2025-06-08 14:47|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#23 Absent Posse Commitatus Protections of Title 32 (State), troops in a Title 10 (Federal) status have severe limitations on permitted duties. Declaration of Martial Law fixes that and suspends Habeus Corpus, but they haven't gone there yet.
Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-06-08 15:02||   2025-06-08 15:02|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#24 Activate the rooftop koreans...
Posted by BrerRabbit 2025-06-08 15:03||   2025-06-08 15:03|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#25 CA ARNG After Action Article at Army War College

https://press.armywarcollege.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1830&context=parameters
Posted by NoMoreBS 2025-06-08 15:08||   2025-06-08 15:08|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#26 I have read the Black Block is planning a 5PM PT protest at city hall in LA today. We shall see where this is going...
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-08 15:24||   2025-06-08 15:24|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#27 ^#26 - Perhaps the Feds could let that one go? Comrade Bass and the Commie Press & LAPD Chief can handle it, right?
Posted by Frank G 2025-06-08 15:57||   2025-06-08 15:57|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#28 ^ My thoughts.
Posted by The Walking Unvaxed 2025-06-08 16:00||   2025-06-08 16:00|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#29 Non-lethal law enforcement can only go so far. Maybe we haven't yet reached the point where a lethal response is justified but if they start burning and looting or if law enforcement officers are getting hurt, it might be time to change tactics.

We don't want to make martyrs of these people.

But if they're here illegally and waving the flag of a foreign country while they violently attack American law enforcement officers, then we are justified in treating them as foreign enemy combatants.

If Democrat office holders incite violence, they need to go to jail. They need to be thoroughly investigated. We need to know where their money comes from and whether or not they are agents of any foreign powers or criminal organizations.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2025-06-08 16:14||   2025-06-08 16:14|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#30 Kurt Schlichter, who just might possibly be a conservative, says this about the National Guard unit deployed.
Posted by Matt 2025-06-08 16:58||   2025-06-08 16:58|| Front Page || Comments   Top

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