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Reporter shot by LAPD during live broadcast in harrowing moment caught on camera
A
startling video posted on X
captures the moment an Australian journalist is fired upon with rubber bullets while reporting on the
ongoing confrontation between ICE agents and protesters
. The footage, shared to X, features 9News Australia's U.S. Correspondent Lauren Tomasi as she delivers her report.
Gunshots ring out in the background as Tomasi reports, with protesters opposing U.S. President
Donald Trump
's deportation policies shouting and directing insults at federal agents.
At one point, Tomasi and her crew begin approaching the police line, prompting an officer to raise his rifle and shoot, striking Tomasi in the leg with a rubber bullet.
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Tomasi screams and clutches her leg, while her camera operator yells at the officers, "You just shot the f******* reporter!" The camera shifts to show protesters as the operator checks on Tomasi, asking if she is "okay."
"Yeah, I'm good," she replies, as she limped away from the action. "I'm good."
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This comes as 2,000 National Guard troops were sent to the scene by Donald Trump, with recent reports suggesting that an additional 500 marines are on standby.
California's Governor Gavin Newsom took to social media to urge people not to resort to violence, despite Trump's decision.
"He's hoping for chaos so he can justify more crackdowns, more fear, more control," Newsrom wrote in an X post.
"Stay calm. Never use violence. Stay peaceful," he said.
Meanwhile, some members of the public have insisted that this is the beginning of a "civil war" in America, with some fearing that these scenes are set to become common across the country.
Writing on X, one user said "sadly LA looks like a scene from the 2024 Civil War movie," while another user asked: "Is the US now in de facto civil war or is that not yet what they call it?"
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