The Friday raid of federal agents on a clothing warehouse in Los Angeles, during which 44 illegal immigrants were arrested, caused violent protests in the city. The authorities used bumps and pepper spray grenades to accelerate the demonstrators. The incident with the participation of Lauren Tomasi, the Australian journalist of the 9news station, occurred on Sunday.
– After hours of peace, the situation deteriorated rapidly, the horse police entered, rubber balls were shot at the protesters – reported a reporter. A moment after that Tomasi herself was shot by an officer standing several dozen meters behind her.
The recording made available on social media shows how a policeman aims at the journalist and her camera operator, and then firing. “You just shot a reporter,” the reporter's colleague screams. Fortunately, nothing serious happened to the woman.
California will sue the administration of Donald Trump
California Gavin Governor announced that his state would submit a lawsuit against Donald Trump's administration on Monday. The reason is the arrangement by the American president of 2,000. Members of the National Guard in Los Angeles in response to protests against collapse of immigrants led by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office (ICE).
He accused Trump of “adding olive oil into the fire” to the ongoing crisis. “Donald Trump created the conditions you saw tonight on television,” said California governor on Sunday. – he worsened the conditions … since he announced that he was taking over the national guard. Tomorrow we will test this theory in the lawsuit – he emphasized.
The former US Vice President Kamala Harris assessed on Sunday that the US President Donald Trump's sending of the National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles is a step “cruel and calculated”.
