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Multiple immigration sweeps reported across Los Angeles, with a tense standoff/protest downtown; SEIU union leader arrested

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How many vehicles and police cars being burned and how much property damage is considered acceptable?
None. So cut out that line of argument immediately. If the governor thought that his police force couldn't handle the problem then it's up to him to call in the NG. There's no excuse for violence and property damage but you've got to understand why this is happening. It's intentional. Trump is fanning the flames. He wants this so he can be seen throwing his weight around so all his rusted on supporters can ignore this complete clown show he is running and cheer him on.
 
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The National Guard is not excluded from being deployed on US soil by Posse Comitatus Act of 1878

Only if the state's Governor request the Federal Government for assistance. That did not happen...and hence, their deployment is not legal. That is in part, why California's AG is sueing the Trump Administration.
 
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Has there been any damage to Federal buildings?
I seem to recall that happening one time. But for the life of me I can't remember any National Guards being called on in that case.
 
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How many vehicles and police cars being burned and how much property damage is considered acceptable?
I think I saw more damage when the Dodgers won the World Series last year.
 
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I seem to recall that happening one time. But for the life of me I can't remember any National Guards being called on in that case.

I was referring specifically to Federal buildings in downtown Los Angles this weekend.
 
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Yeah. If you didn’t know Americans come from all over the world. Even from Mexico.

You think the Mexican flag = illegal?

That’s just more of your own bias showing.
A group that burns the American flag, while waving the flag of another country is obviously doing so to put out a message.
 
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A group that burns the American flag, while waving the flag of another country is obviously doing so to put out a message.
Yeah it’s “things suck right now. Do better.” Pretty much the same message as every protest in history.
 
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Oh, that's decisive, To be sure, nobody but an illegal alien would wave a Mexican flag in Los Angeles, Not even a legal alien.

(With the exception of Cinco de Mayo, of course, a legal state holiday. The whole town is decked with them then :))
And only legal Mexicans immigrants wave Mexican flags on Conco de Mayo? And Americans?
 
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Only if the state's Governor request the Federal Government for assistance. That did not happen...and hence, their deployment is not legal. That is in part, why California's AG is sueing the Trump Administration.
They can protect federal property,
Protect federal employees, and perform other non law enforcement functions, and they can act in self defense.
I don't know if their deployment was illegal but Trump has not been doing great in Federal Court
 
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I was referring specifically to Federal buildings in downtown Los Angles this weekend.
Was this just going to be a weekend riot? Seems more likely that it's going to continue all summer long just like 2020. If so it's have they attacked any federal buildings yet?
 
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Protestors as well as vandals and hoodlums.

Who were all those people with the Trump flags on Jan 6? All Antifa, right?
That lasted a few hours of one day in a very specific location. If this had only go on for a few hours of one day at City Hall then that would be a fair comparison. But that's hardly the case and it's likely to go on for weeks or months and continue increasing in scale. There's also a good chance it will start happening in other cities and states, just like the 2020 riots or even far worse.
 
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It’s a simple question. Your avoidance answers it equally.
Well your suggestion that illegal immigrants wouldn't be stupid enough to be at a protest prompts me to respond that Trump supporters wouldn't be stupid enough to attack the capital armed with Trump flags, in which case we would both be wrong
 
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Maybe the riots will spread and the entire Los Angeles inner city will burn to the ground... Oops.

(Except for @essentialsaltes house).
Yeah "We're mad about ICE raids so let's destroy the property of people who have nothing to do with it "
 
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