Protester waving Mexican flag – Image Credit: AP Image In Los Angeles, the protesters burned the self-driving taxis, hurled stones at police, and even carried the Mexican flag while protesting against the ICE’s raid. In almost every frame, the protesters were seen with the Mexican flag, which has become a prominent visual element, visible in […]
More than 30 police officers have been injured in Northern Ireland after two nights of violent rioting in Ballymena, triggered by the court appearance of two 14-year-old boys charged with the attempted sexual assault of a teenage girl. The unrest, which police described as “hate-fuelled acts and mob rule,” has targeted homes, businesses and vehicles […]
More than 20 people were detained on the first night of a curfew imposed in downtown Los Angeles, as police deployed crowd-control projectiles to disperse protesters rallying against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown, authorities said on Wednesday. While officials reported fewer clashes compared to earlier demonstrations, the presence of heavily armed troops and ongoing immigration […]
Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a city-imposed curfew Tuesday night, arresting nearly 200 people within minutes of it taking effect as protests intensified over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. Mounted officers and crowd-control projectiles were used to disperse a group of hundreds in the downtown area. National Guard troops, while present behind plastic shields, did […]
Gavin Newsom wants National Guard out of LA; Donald Trump says insurrection would happen without them A federal judge on Tuesday rejected an urgent legal attempt by California governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta to block US President Donald Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and US Marines in Los Angeles.US District Judge […]
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday denied a claim by US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem that she encouraged protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids, calling the allegation “absolutely false.”Responding via social media, Sheinbaum shared a video from her daily press briefing the previous day, in which she had explicitly urged Mexicans in the […]
Livia Albeck-Ripka, a New York Times reporter based in Los Angeles, describes how she was one of the reporters struck by crowd control munitions. Experts say that some aggressive measures used by the authorities in the Los Angeles protests have violated their own policies, federal policies and injunctions put into place after the George Floyd […]
US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he is prepared to invoke the Insurrection Act if protests in Los Angeles escalate into what he defines as an “insurrection.” The comment comes amid ongoing demonstrations now entering its fourth day against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” […]
President Donald Trump ordered 700 US Marines and 2,000 additional National Guard troops into Los Angeles on Tuesday in response to escalating immigration protests—despite vocal opposition from California’s governor and city leaders. The move has triggered a legal battle over state rights and drawn sharp criticism over what many call a dangerous federal overreach. State […]
As thousands march across Los Angeles to oppose sweeping immigration raids, another battle is raging online – one of doctored photos, misleading videos, and conspiracy theories that blur fact and fiction, stoking division and chaos, a New York Times report said.The protests began Friday following the arrest of more than 40 immigrants at workplaces across […]
