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LA Spends $20M Responding to Protests–LAPD Overworked, Understaffed
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Local, Washington Examiner

LA Spends $20M Responding to Protests–LAPD Overworked, Understaffed

By Kenneth Schrupp | Washington Examiner (The Center Square) – Los Angeles’ $19.7 million response to the June protests and riots was almost entirely spent on police, highlighting the growing cost of police overtime amid an enduring officer shortage. According to a new report from government transparency group Open The Books, the city of Los Angeles spent $1.1 billion on overtime in 2024, or more than the city’s nearly billion-dollar budget deficit. Of that $1.1 billion in overtime, $265.5 million went to the Los Angeles Police Department, which has just 8,688 officers, or nearly a thousand officers short of its full authorized strength of 9,500. “A revenue pinch amid Covid lockdowns led to a spate of early retirements that have exacerbated the need for extra-hours pay,” wrote OTB...
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Marines confront civilian in LA during DHS deployment—Northern Command backs authority
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National, The Western Journal

Marines confront civilian in LA during DHS deployment—Northern Command backs authority

By Joe Saunders | Western Journal Marines on duty guarding a federal facility in Los Angeles on Friday briefly detained a man who later said he’d tried to go under a yellow boundary tape and was asked to halt, according to news reports. While the man apparently posed no threat and was later released, according to Reuters, the incident did prompt the arm of the Defense Department in charge of security for the continental United States to confirm the Marines were acting under appropriate legal authority in the first known detention related to their Los Angeles deployment. Active duty forces “may temporarily detain an individual in specific circumstances,” a spokesperson for U.S Northern Command told Reuters. A video of the incident from Reuters is below: https://twitter....
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Garbo: Sanctuary policies led to chaos—and now they’re blaming ICE
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Approved, Commentary, National, Rocky Mountain Voice, Top Stories

Garbo: Sanctuary policies led to chaos—and now they’re blaming ICE

By C. J. Garbo | Guest Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The chaos unfolding in Los Angeles isn’t just disturbing, it’s the natural result of years of political cowardice and ideological extremism. The riots erupting in response to ICE’s lawful enforcement of deportation orders are not acts of civil disobedience. They are acts of defiance against the rule of law itself. And the blame lies squarely at the feet of Democratic leadership in California, who declared Los Angeles a “sanctuary city,” emboldening illegal activity while abandoning their sworn duty to protect American citizens. Let’s be clear: no elected official has the right to nullify federal law to score political points. Yet that’s exactly what California’s leadership has done - undermining immigration enforcement, encourag...
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ICE raids uncover felons, gang members amid L.A. protest chaos
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Approved, Fox News, National

ICE raids uncover felons, gang members amid L.A. protest chaos

By Landon Mion, Bill Melugin | Fox News Federal sources highlighted some of last week's arrests in the Los Angeles area, which included violent and drug offenders Federal immigration authorities said some of the migrants arrested in the Los Angeles area last week had criminal histories that included assault and drug offenses. Nearly 45 people were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Friday alone, as officers swept through several locations, including two Home Depot stores, a store in the fashion district and a doughnut shop, prompting protests that continued through the weekend against immigration enforcement operations in which officers raided businesses to arrest workers. The weeklong tally of migrant arrests in the city surpassed 100. One man has already been ...
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ICE under siege in LA as Trump steps in, Newsom fumes
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Approved, Breitbart, National

ICE under siege in LA as Trump steps in, Newsom fumes

By Joel B. Pollak | Breitbart California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) took his frustrations to social media on Saturday as President Donald Trump federalized 2,000 California National Guard troops to quell anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles. Trump sent in the National Guard after two days of rioting in which black-clad radicals attacked federal law enforcement officials who were arresting illegal aliens in the city. https://twitter.com/MrAndyNgo/status/1931564316932571281 The rioters set fire to cars, tagged federal buildings with graffiti, and attacked federal officers. https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1931520821471928407 City and state officials did little to stop the violence, other than offering their support for “immigrants” and criticizing the Trump administration. ...
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