LAPD reveals chilling details as ICE crackdown sparks chaos
Mass protests erupted in Los Angeles following a wave of surprise ICE raids in predominantly Latino neighborhoods. Protesters accused ICE of racial profiling and targeting, calling for immediate action and accountability. LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell addressed the growing unrest in a press conference, revealing key details about the law enforcement response and ongoing efforts to restore order across the city.
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Marines chopper spotted in Los Angeles? Video surfaces amid reports of fresh deployment
A video circulating on social media showed a helicopter, resembling the Marine chopper, flying over Los Angeles as citywide anti-ICE protests continued on Monday. However, neither President Donald Trump nor the White House have confirmed if the force was deployed. National Guard troops were deployed in LA over the weekend. This comes as CNN cited three sources to report that roughly 500 Marines based out of the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in California have been mobilized to respond to the protests. The publication further added that the Marines will join the National Guard troops. ABC News cited an official to report a much higher number. The network reported that 700 marines have been ordered to assist in Los Angeles and they're expected to arrive over the next 24 hours. The media outlet said that the Marines are from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines at Twentynine Palms, California, who US Northern Command had said Sunday were on a 'prepared to deploy status'. President Donald Trump was meanwhile asked if he planned on sending Marines to LA. "We'll see what happens. I mean, I think we have it very well under control. I think it would have been a very bad situation. It was heading in the wrong direction. It's now heading in the right direction,' he said on Monday.
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Kurt Russell's son Wyatt at Los Angeles anti-ICE protests? Truth behind viral video
As anti-US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protests in Los Angeles continued on Monday, fueled by President Donald Trump's deployment of National Guard troops, social media users claimed that Kurt Russell's son, Wyatt, was spotted yelling slogans. A video on TikTok went viral, sparking several reactions. In the clip, captured by TikTok user @only__loo, a man can be seen delivering an impassioned speech to National Guard forces in Downtown LA. Read More: Los Angeles protests: California governor Newsom to sue Trump admin over National Guard deployment 'You should be standing here with us! You're on the wrong side of history. We know you got a job to do. But you took an oath to the Constitution, not the fascists in the White House! Think about what you're doing now, think about what this means, coming into our community. Peaceful fucking community, people working their jobs. They send in men in military fatigues, weapons of war, into our community. And you stand here and you allow it. I'm sick and tired of it. You should be sick and tired of it," he says. Social media users claimed that the bearded, long-haired man, wearing a Los Angeles Kings hoodie, is Wyatt Russell, the son of Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. Read More: Los Angeles protests: 'Incendiary devices' hurled at police horses, says LAPD "Actor Kurt Russell's son Wyatt just scolded Trump's National Guard TO THEIR FACES in Los Angeles!' one person wrote in the caption of the video posted on X, platform formerly known as Twitter. 'Kurt Russell's son Wyatt speaks out against what is happening right now in Los Angeles. Maybe a few ICE agents heard what he had to say,' another one added. 'Wyatt Russell—son of Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn—just did what every American with a conscience should: he looked the military in the eye and told them they're on the wrong side of history,' a third person tweeted. However, Russell's publicist told the Rolling Stone that the individual seen in the footage isn't him at all. 'This is indeed not Wyatt Russell, and we have been working to try and correct the mis-identification."
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Donald Trump calls for California governor's arrest amid LA protests, Gavin Newsom reacts: ‘A day I hoped…'
Amid the escalating tensions over the protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles, US President Donald Trump on Monday said he would back the arrest of California Governor Gavin Newsom over possible obstruction of his administration's measures in the ongoing immigration row. Trump's border czar Tom Homan had on Saturday threatened to arrest anyone who came in the way of enforcement efforts in the state, including Newsom and LA mayor Karen Bass. Follow LA protests LIVE updates "I would do it if I were Tom. I think it's great. Gavin likes the publicity but I think it would be a great thing," Trump told reporters at the White House. The President's remarks came after Newsom vowed to sue the Trump administration over the deployment of National Guard troops to Southern California, terming it as an 'illegal act'. Newsom, who is considered a potential Democratic presidential candidate in 2028, took to X and posted, "This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalize the National Guard." California Governor Gavin Newsom reacted to Trump's comments about supporting his arrest and said that "this is a day I hoped I would never see in America". He noted that how the US President called for the arrest of a sitting Governor. "I don't care if you're a Democrat or a Republican this is a line we cannot cross as a nation -- this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism," he added in a post on X. Protests in the Los Angeles county erupted on Friday night after officials of the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted high-level workplace raids and arrested at least 44 people on alleged immigration violations. The demonstrations continued in LA over the weekend, prompting Trump to order deployment of the National Guard troops without first consulting the governor. Republicans backed Trump's move and said that the protests in LA were all the more a reason for the President's "one big beautiful bill" to be passed in the Congress. The US Northern Command said that 300 members of the California National Guard had been deployed to three spots in the LA area. The Department of Homeland Security affirmed that the Guard's aim was to protect federal buildings.
