Well-funded activists and a coordinated social media campaign helped spark the pro-illegal migrant protests on Friday that descended into days of rioting in Los Angeles.
Left-wing groups posted calls to action with a location to gather on Friday in unison after the arrest of a local Service Employees International Union (SEIU) leader on Friday. The subsequent uprising echoed scenes of the Black Lives Matter riots of 2020, which brought activists such as professional “legal observers” into the streets during a wave of protests that led to fires, looting, vandalism and deaths across the country as the organization’s leaders enriched themselves.
Protests continued in a coordinated fashion through Monday, with some unidentified individuals driving up to others in trucks to distribute protective face shields resembling gas masks, according to a Fox 11 reporter who said he witnessed the trend. Fox News’ Bill Melugin reported on Sunday that protesters were being provided with ear plugs, gas masks and water bottles that they then hurled at police officers.
“The FBI is investigating any and all monetary connections responsible for these riots,” FBI Director Kash Patel said Monday night.
As the chaos built up, activist groups — and a major labor union — fanned the flames of the anti-ICE movement by fomenting resistance to law enforcement in the streets and online.
SEIU California President David Huerta helped kick off the tumultuous weekend by getting arrested during ICE raids on Friday morning.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) alleges Huerta tried to obstruct federal agents who “were executing a lawful judicial warrant” while ICE conducted raids in Los Angeles. An affidavit accuses Huerta of conspiracy to impede an officer by directing others to block the path of law enforcement vehicles.
SEIU said Huerta was “exercising his First Amendment right to observe and document law enforcement activity” in a Friday press release.
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