What do you think about the riots/protests in the US?

When it comes to Los Angeles, it's an area with a large population of Hispanics. Undocumented immigrants have been integrating themselves into those neighborhoods for decades. We're talking about people's family, friends, neighbors, coworkers and partners. People that contribute positively to their lives.

Then you take Donald Trump's approach of calling and conflating these people with violent criminals, it stands in total contrast with the reality they live and see every day. It's not going to win his administration any favors.

Seeing his heavy-handed tactic of sending in numbers of armed men in special ops gear and helicopters to pick up line cooks and day-laborers, to smash windows and drag people out of their cars that pose no harm to the community, to drag people out of court who were actively trying to abide by the law, and you're going to get genuine fear and anger. It's a blatant abuse of power.

This whole protest started as a result of ICE agents performing a raid right near an elementary school that was having a graduation ceremony where Hispanic families were gathered to celebrate their child's academic achievements. There was a viral TikTok video of a grown man reduced to tears at seeing how traumatized these children and families were at this immigration raid really spoke volumes to people in the area.

Maybe it's misinformation or concerned community members or a mix of both, but that was really the straw that broke the camel's back. When people start messing around with your kids, that's generally going invoke a lot of anger and pushback.

Creating and exploiting divisions within a population is what authoritarian leaders all throughout history have done. Trump knows or has people in his circle that know that making ICE's presence felt in these immigrant communities was going to inflame a lot of tensions.

It's important to remember that the world of politics is dominated by narratives. When you can control the narrative, you can control public opinion. Trump knows from 2020 that people are not going to take the abuse of justice lightly. At some point there was going to be retaliation and protests, that the mob mentality would take over, and that would be all the justification he needed to send in the military. It's an intimidation tactic. Reports on the ground were that police had largely contained the rioting and the troops were unnecessary.

I don't condone the actions of any of the parties involved, but it's important to remember the words of one of history's greatest protester, Martin Luther King Jr.

An ex British copper was on our TV last night and made a telling point. British police face a crowd like that with the attitude that they want everyone to get home safe that night. American police go in with the attitude that they want to WIN.. Its not training. Its just how they are brought up..😷

I've sponsored several people into the US legally. They don't have much empathy for those who never tried to get legal status or to even learn English.

Arresting people at a courthouse or at a school is wrong.

There are bad people in all nationalities / ethnic groups.

Some of these people have been here for decades and established their lives even though they don't have legal citizenship. Some are fairly recent comers. Here in Houston they arrested three who was actually were actually in court going through the legal process to obtain their proper paperwork and they were arrested.

Trump is just gathering up people, those he can put a hand on. The criminals the ones on the streets that he talks so much about mainly seem to allude ICE.

And as far as Trump is concerned there is no due process, after all the supreme Court did say whatever he does presidential capacity while he's in office he cannot be charged for, giving him the right quite frankly to do as he please.

Laws dont matter for\to DJT. The u.s. needs low cost labor in order to maximize capital gain, GDP, profit, and productivity\exploitation. To maximize profit at lowest possible expense per hour of labor.
Given the wealth based nature of the enforcement of laws (legal standards), no the law does not matter (if a person has enough $$) the money matters not the law.
The "issue" is that that now obvious truth also contradicts the alleged "promise" of a "free and fair" democratic state.
Nothing is free. opportunity is now recognized as being wealth (money) based!
The law doesn't matter so long as you are rich, established, and typically over age 60 and\or white male, which often\usually, involved exploitation of labor.
Therefore i support the protests which are necessary overdue and entirely unavoidable now (could have been, but weren't). Indeed DJT has called them into being and encouraged this happening. As such, "Off with Elon's and his head!"
Overthrow the oligarchs lets free the people and redisperse their wealth!
Set up the stocks! And hurl refuse at the old man (men)

You don’t understand. What makes this different is that Trump has revoked programs that allowed people legal status. So imagine that you’re living in a country legally, and have been for years, maybe even decades. A new president is elected, and all of a sudden, with an EO, that legal status is taken away.
That’s why even some people who voted for Trump are losing spouses and family members to ICE—I like to think they wouldn’t have been stupid enough to vote for him knowing he’d deport their loved ones !
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Undocumented immigration is a civil case, not a criminal case. It's a misdemeanour, not a felony.

All people, regardless of immigration status, have the right to Habeas Corpus under the Constitution of the United States of America.

All residents and citizens have the right to dissent and protest due to the First Amendment as found in the Bill of Rights.

I am noticing that people have such different takes on this (including who is most severely breaking the law), probably in large part because we are getting our news from different sources. I posted about this today: https://similarworlds.com/city-state/los-angeles/5322132-Where-do-you-get-your-local-and-world-news ?

Calling it riots, is a hyperbole. It's not really about immigration, it's about due process. Do you understand what that means?

It is not new, immigration has been a problem for decades. It is only that TACO seems to need some adversary to attack. The country needs a new immigration plan,, the last dates back to the Reagen years and needs work.

I’m in LA. Without these immigrants the city would collapse.

It's an entirely manufactured crisis. The Republicans really want to do martial law, so they're trying to get some footage of protesters attacking cops. That's why they keep showing footage of the same car on fire over and over from different angles.

Nothing completely disgusting and then even worse doing this to protect criminals and terrorists and child diddlers etc just disgusting. I came to America from Tahiti legally back in the late 80's early 90's did everything right paid everything I was supposed to. And have followed laws and rules since it's actually not that hard

we had a former president who opened the border to over 13 million illegals including criminals. we do not know where these people are. they are bankrupting our system and taking over neighborhoods not to mention illegal activities. we have had enough paying for them

What I don't understand is, why are the people flying flags of the horrible countries they had to leave?
and burning the flags of the country they want to live in?

It's page 4 out of the leftist playbook. Disruption, cause chaos, incite violence, all while claiming you're just peacefully protesting. When pushed, blame your enemy for your criminal behavior.

Trump is deliberately antagonizing the populace to protest, preferably riot, so that he can declare martial law and cancel the midterms. Currently the GOP would probably lose majority in both houses leaving Trump open to impeachment and possibly even dismissal, then, jail.

Reichstag fire

I think they need bigger nets to catch them all

Yes insurrectionists need to feel the full force of the law.

The USA denied access to political representation for all leftists, and crushed socialism. Let them work to make war without socialism. The huge death rate shows this to be a Final Solution.

Except it is not about doing anything legally. At this point anyone claiming otherwise is dishonest.