Unhinged LA rioter dressed in makeshift tactical gear becomes laughing stock of protests
A protester in Los Angeles was taunted after storming the streets in makeshift tactical gear as she encouraged others to use a 'wind blower' as protection against tear gas.
Other protesters caught the interaction on video and the clip circulated online, with many poking fun at the unidentified rioter's DIY gear.
'Why is she doing a bad cosplay of a minion from Despicable Me?' one commented on X.
'We need leaf-blower control legislation. Now!' another joked.
'Omg this has to be a satire protester lol,' a third said.
The protester was asked on camera why she took to the streets and replied, 'This is our city and this was Mexico. You can't kick us out of the land that was ours.'
When asked what the wind blower was for, she replied, 'That's for the f***ing tear gas. That's for the f***ing tear gas to blow it back at those motherf***ers. If you have a f***in blower bring it out. Push them back!'
The protester then directed her attention to Donald Trump, and told the camera, 'You're just mad because Selma Hayek wouldn't give you the time of day b***h.'
Los Angeles has been embroiled in protests since Friday as a political feud has broken out between Governor Gavin Newsom and President Trump (Pictured: Protesters come face to face during the protests on the 101 Freeway on Sunday)
The video footage was taken as the California city has been embroiled in protests in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids.
The protests have become a political flashpoint as Trump deployed the National Guard to provide additional resources to law enforcement.
Typically, the guard is only deployed at the request of the state's governor, and California officials are accusing the administration of an illegal maneuver.
California officials have also claimed that Trump's use of the National Guard will heighten tensions in the streets.
'If I didn't 'SEND IN THE TROOPS' to Los Angeles the last three nights, that once beautiful and great City would be burning to the ground right now, much like 25,000 houses burned to the ground in L.A. due to an incompetent Governor and Mayor,' Trump wrote on Truth Social on Tuesday morning.
Governor Gavin Newsom then filed an emergency motion in court to block military troops from infiltrating the city, arguing that the federal government was 'turning the military against American citizens.'
A federal judge denied the state's request to prohibit Trump's administration from using the Marines and National Guard.
'This is unprecedented and threatens the very core of our democracy,' Newsom wrote about the filing on X.
The administration announced the deployment of 700 Marines and 2,000 National Guard troops to break up the protests.
The protests entered their fifth day on Tuesday with demonstrators sparking the days-long controversy with a gathering outside the Los Angeles Federal Building.
The demonstrations heightened on Saturday with officials deploying tear gas against rioters.
Some demonstrations across the city turned violent, with images emerging of cars on fire and police firing rubber bullets at rioters.
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said over the weekend that some rioters arrived at the demonstrations with hammers, cinder blocks, and rocks.
The violence prompted Trump to call for all demonstrators in face masks to be arrested on Truth Social.
As protests continued to break out in California, 300 members of the state's guard responded with Homeland Security officers at the city's detention center.
Federal officials formed a line outside the Metropolitan Detention Center to block protesters as demonstrators were hit with tear gas and pepper balls.
Protests have spread to other cities, including San Francisco and New York, as Trump continues to defend the deployment of additional troops (Pictured: Police fire off rounds on protesters in front of the Federal Building in Los Angeles on Monday)
Protesters even blocked Highway 101, which created chaotic scenes as officers fired munitions into the crowd.
Over the course of the demonstration, at least 160 people were arrested, with a majority facing charges for failure to disperse.
The demonstrations have spread throughout the US to other major cities, including San Francisco, where authorities said 154 arrests occurred.
US District Judge Charles R. Breyer set a hearing for Thursday on the legality of the administration's deployment of the National Guard.
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