Australian news reporter shot with rubber bullet live on air while covering LA anti-ICE riots
An Australian news reporter was shot with a rubber bullet live on air while reporting on the anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles on Sunday, shocking video shows.
Nine News' US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi was covering the violent protests against President Trump's immigration policies when she was hit on camera.
Video shows Tomasi yelp in pain after she was struck in the leg by the bullet fired from an LAPD officer.
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Nine News' US Correspondent Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber bullet live on air on Sunday.
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Tomasi was struck while covering the violent protests against President Trump's immigration policies.
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Tomasi had been reporting on the stand-off situation which she said had 'rapidly deteriorated' moments before she was caught in the crossfire.
'LAPD moving in on horseback, firing rubber bullets at protesters, moving them on through the heart of LA,' she said.
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People can be heard explaining that they've seen these cars around the neighborhood in recent weeks, part of immigration raids. Now the sight of the cars parked so close to the elementary school seemed to spark heightened outrage and fear that federal immigration agents were lurking to surprise parents going to pick up their children from school. Sorto, from nearby Hempstead, estimated that there were four cars near the school, some within 10 feet of the schoolyard fence, and two other cars on the next block. Another eyewitness, who asked not to be named out of fear of law enforcement retaliation, told The Intercept that he could see uniformed HSI agents sitting in all the cars, most masked. 'No son padres ustedes?' a woman in the video says to the closed window of one of the parked Nissans: 'Are you not parents?' People on the sidewalk yelled at the cars in Spanish and English. 'Show your face!' 'You feel proud?' 'None of us are criminals, we work, we pay taxes like you do.' 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(Nassau County police referred questions about the accident to ICE, which did not respond to an inquiry.) After the accident, the crowd gathered around the scene, according to the video stream. The two agents got out of the crashed car, seemingly panicked and, witnesses told The Intercept, appearing to avoid eye contact with bystanders. The agents got into another HSI vehicle. A third agent, an unmasked man with a black polo shirt covering his tactical vest, stood near the crashed car, remaining stoic as people questioned him on the livestream. 'You're looking for criminals in the school?' one bystander asked, as the agent remained expressionless. Then Sorto, the man streaming, said, 'I'm a dad, I have a son waiting for me at home.' The agent gave a slight nod — what Sorto said was the only response to the crowd during the incident. 'You guys need to have feelings, man,' Sorto said. Nassau County police began arriving in short order, eventually swelling to at least two dozen officers, some on horseback, closing the street and barricading residents onto sidewalks. Nassau County Police Department, located in one of the country's safest countries, is one of the most well-funded departments in the nation, with a notoriously opaque transparency record. In March, the department signed a controversial agreement with ICE giving deputized county police officers the ability to interrogate people about their immigration status and make arrests without a warrant. During the Westbury incident, one of the HSI agents, wearing a mask, stood hidden behind several Nassau police officers as the residents appealed to them for information. Soon, the federal agents left, leaving the smashed Nissan with the passenger side airbag deployed behind, and many in the crowd dispersed. The driver of the pickup truck involved in the accident was placed in a stretcher and left in an ambulance. 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USA Today
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Trump's throwing himself a parade while red and blue states join LA in protest
Trump's throwing himself a parade while red and blue states join LA in protest | Opinion I don't know whether June 14 will mark an inflection point, but it will offer a staggering contrast between the power-drunk despotism of Trump and the 'Aw, hell no' attitude of many Americans. Show Caption Hide Caption Armored tanks arrive in DC for Trump's military birthday parade As Washington, D.C. prepares for the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army, armored tanks have begun to arrive ahead of Saturday's celebration. The false narrative, since President Donald Trump's administration provoked protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Los Angeles, has been that it's a blue-city problem in a blue state with a liberal governor who can't control his citizens. But when protests over Trump's draconian immigrant crackdown and his authoritarian presidency spread across the country, as they will likely do on June 14 with "No Kings" protests expected in more than 2,000 cities and towns, the California narrative will swiftly go 'Poof!' We've already seen anti-ICE protests bubble up in the deep-red state of Texas, with more to follow June 14. Will the No Kings protest in Abilene, Texas, prompt Trump to send in U.S. Marines, as he has done in Los Angeles? Trump won't send the Marines into red states to deal with protesters Neither will the protests planned for Tupelo, Mississippi, or Eureka Springs, Arkansas, or Sebring, Florida, or Worland, Wyoming. But what they will do is show the president, who will be plunked in Washington, DC, watching an entirely unnecessary $45 million military parade that just so happens to coincide with his 79th birthday, that Americans are angry, and not just the ones in those disreputable blue states. Opinion: After LA, Trump hard launches new First Amendment – only MAGA can protest I don't know whether June 14 will mark an inflection point, but it will certainly offer a staggering contrast between the power-drunk despotism of President Trump and the 'Aw, hell no' attitude of a growing swath of the U.S. population. Sen. Padilla in handcuffs was the latest sign of Trump's authoritarianism On June 12, Americans saw video of a U.S. senator, Alex Padilla, being grabbed and dragged out of an LA news conference featuring Kristi Noem, head of the Department of Homeland Security. Padilla was asking a pointed question before being hauled off and then, in the hallway outside, pushed face first to the ground and handcuffed. That's a good way to boost turnout at this weekend's protests. DHS head Kristi Noem says feds are there to 'liberate' LA Almost as chilling as the administration's manhandling of a sitting U.S. senator was what Noem said during the press conference about the U.S. military presence in Los Angeles: 'We are not going away. We are staying here to liberate the city from the socialists and the burdensome leadership that this governor and that this mayor have placed on this country and what they have tried to insert into the city.' Opinion: Trump's military show of force in LA and DC camouflage his failing presidency That kind of gives away the whole game: Trump administration officials think they can send federal troops into a city and indulge in some causal 'regime change' under the pretense of a bunch of made-up nonsense. That's wildly un-American. Yet U.S. soldiers on June 14 will be forced to take part in a sprawling parade that's at least partially in homage to a man who thinks that's how America is supposed to work? What are we even doing here, folks? 'No Kings' protests will give voice to nationwide disapproval of Trump What has transpired in LA has nothing to do with it being a blue city in a blue state with a Democratic governor. It has to do with the American people, most of whom don't like masked federal goons grabbing their neighbors off the streets and not giving them due process. It has to do with many voters who were promised that President Trump would only target 'dangerous' immigrants, not friends and neighbors, or people who've been part of a community for years. It has to do with Americans who see the handcuffing of a U.S. senator for no justifiable reason as anti-democratic and a dangerous escalation. The big and small protests that will soon envelop small towns and big cities in all 50 states will show Trump and his 'lie first, then lie some more' administration that many Americans reject government-sponsored cruelty. The No Kings events will show the president and his people they can't fool all the people all of the time ‒ not even close. The booing of Trump will only get louder Trump and first lady Melania Trump were booed, rightfully, at the Kennedy Center when they arrived for a musical on June 11. The president's approval rating stinks, and a new Quinnipiac poll found him underwater on every issue, from immigration to trade to the economy. A recent poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that 60% of Americans don't think Trump's military parade is a good use of taxpayer money. Opinion alerts: Get columns from your favorite columnists + expert analysis on top issues, delivered straight to your device through the USA TODAY app. Don't have the app? Download it for free from your app store. So here's what's going to happen Saturday. Trump's narrative that liberal strongholds like Los Angeles are bastions of radical protesters will be soundly derailed by the appearance of protesters in states red, blue and purple. The hypocrisy of his calling out California Gov. Gavin Newsom and claiming the state is out of control will be highlighted by the fact that Trump says the same thing about red-state governors dealing with widespread protests. Trump himself will be scowling, hopefully in the rain if the weather forecast holds, as the soldiers he forced to march in front of him go by, their tanks and other vehicles needlessly tearing up the streets of the nation's capital. That mandated, wildly expensive parade to satisfy one small man's ego will be drowned out by myriad protests that will collectively deliver to Trump a message from a growing number of Americans: 'You stink.' Follow USA TODAY columnist Rex Huppke on Bluesky at @ and on Facebook at
