Mysterious Riot Gear Handed Out to LA Protesters Raises Questions

[Belk]

FBI arrests East LA man for allegedly distributing face shields during protests​

An East Los Angeles neighborhood awoke to "flashbangs, some explosions" early Thursday morning as federal agents arrested a man on an allegation of distributing face shields to "suspected rioters," according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.

U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli wrote on X that "Alejandro Theodoro Orellana was arrested this morning by @FBILosAngeles on an allegation of Conspiracy to Commit Civil Disorders (18 USC 371) for distributing face shields to suspected rioters on Tuesday."

Uh... is disturbing items a crime now? Going to be interesting to see how they charge him.

 

[Vambram]

There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them
By Mike Gonzalez

The same media who told you in 2020 that the violent Black Lives Matter riots were “fiery, but mostly peaceful” are at it again, pretending that your eyes are lying to you: No, they claim, there are no rampaging throngs or marauders waving foreign flags and attacking the forces of order.

And the peaceful protests in Los Angeles are spontaneous.
Nobody is organizing them.
Or so pretends the media.

One other key thing that the left-wing media is not telling you is who is organizing the disorder, and who is funding it.

Ignoring this aspect leads the public to believe two things that aren’t true: that the violence is spontaneous, and that it reflects true national discontent with the deportation raids.

In fact, the opposite is true.

A Polling Insights newsletter that the pollster Scott Rasmussen sends out reports that, “In the current stand-off, 57% approve of efforts by immigration officials to find and arrest illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. Fifty-two percent approve of President Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard.”

Other opinon surveys support this trend.

So, if the American people largely support the deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who is organizing the riots against them?

We can see, from the placards and signs captured in photographs, that one key group organizing the protests comes from what one can call the list of usual suspects: the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).

The PSL, a communist party, has been involved with BLM and pro-Hamas terrorism violence.

The PSL has organizational ties with the ANSWER Coalition, which the Network Contagion Research Institute says has ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

ANSWER was involved with organizing a rally in sympathy with the Los Angeles rioters on June 10 in Columbus, Ohio.
The PSL is an old-style communist party that will seize on any crises to try to dismantle the United States.

It says that “the United States today is a dictatorship of the capitalist class. This reality will not change without a socialist revolution.”

It is funded indirectly by donations from Neville Roy Singham, an American millionaire with close ties to the CCP who lives in Shanghai.

Elias Rodriguez, the terrorist who shot and killed the couple at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, in late May, was a member of both the PSL and ANSWER.

Another group involved in organizing the LA riots is the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a radical leftist American union with extensive overseas ties.

It is a regular attendee at the conferences and workshops held by the Foro de Sao Paulo, a hemispheric network of Marxist parties founded by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Inazio Lula da Silva.


The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights LA (CHIRLA), also an organizer, received $33 million in government grants in FY2023.

Then there are the “charities” helping the rioters, such as Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network, Operation Healthy Hearts, LA Poverty Department, and Mutual Aid/Social Therapy.

These riots are sure to expand in the days to come, which means that it is a good thing that some congressmen are looking to investigate who these groups are, and why they are seeking to destabilize our streets.

There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them

The same media who told you in 2020 that the violent Black Lives Matter riots were “fiery, but mostly peaceful” are at it again, pretending that your eyes are lying to you.

nypost.com

 

[GoldenBoy89]

These riots are sure to expand in the days to come

What riots?

 

[Hans Blaster]

What riots?

Posting a 2-week old article... Hmmm. With a prediction that didn't come true. LOL.

 

[ozso]

Posting a 2-week old article... Hmmm. With a prediction that didn't come true. LOL.

It was just a flash in the pan and no more protests/riots are to be expected? That's great news. Now ICE and DHS can continue enforcing the law unobstructed by protestors/rioters.

 

[essentialsaltes]

Posting a 2-week old article... Hmmm. With a prediction that didn't come true. LOL.

But at least they got to conflate revolutionary communists with labor unions and charities.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Now ICE and DHS can continue enforcing the law unobstructed by protestors/rioters.

When have they stopped?

 

[ozso]

When have they stopped?

Continue unobstructed by protestors/rioters.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Continue unobstructed by protestors/rioters.

There are no riots happening so that’s not true. Protests are going to continue as long as the raids go on.

 

[ozso]

There are no riots happening so that’s not true. Protests are going to continue as long as the raids go on.

And what form are these protests going to take? People standing way off to the side completely out of the way, posing no physical resistance or throwing any objects whatsoever?

 

[Pommer]

There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them
By Mike Gonzalez

The same media who told you in 2020 that the violent Black Lives Matter riots were “fiery, but mostly peaceful” are at it again, pretending that your eyes are lying to you: No, they claim, there are no rampaging throngs or marauders waving foreign flags and attacking the forces of order.

And the peaceful protests in Los Angeles are spontaneous.
Nobody is organizing them.
Or so pretends the media.

One other key thing that the left-wing media is not telling you is who is organizing the disorder, and who is funding it.

Ignoring this aspect leads the public to believe two things that aren’t true: that the violence is spontaneous, and that it reflects true national discontent with the deportation raids.

In fact, the opposite is true.

A Polling Insights newsletter that the pollster Scott Rasmussen sends out reports that, “In the current stand-off, 57% approve of efforts by immigration officials to find and arrest illegal immigrants in Los Angeles. Fifty-two percent approve of President Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard.”

Other opinon surveys support this trend.

So, if the American people largely support the deportation raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), who is organizing the riots against them?

We can see, from the placards and signs captured in photographs, that one key group organizing the protests comes from what one can call the list of usual suspects: the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).

The PSL, a communist party, has been involved with BLM and pro-Hamas terrorism violence.

The PSL has organizational ties with the ANSWER Coalition, which the Network Contagion Research Institute says has ties with the Chinese Communist Party.

ANSWER was involved with organizing a rally in sympathy with the Los Angeles rioters on June 10 in Columbus, Ohio.
The PSL is an old-style communist party that will seize on any crises to try to dismantle the United States.

It says that “the United States today is a dictatorship of the capitalist class. This reality will not change without a socialist revolution.”

It is funded indirectly by donations from Neville Roy Singham, an American millionaire with close ties to the CCP who lives in Shanghai.

Elias Rodriguez, the terrorist who shot and killed the couple at the Jewish Museum in Washington, DC, in late May, was a member of both the PSL and ANSWER.

Another group involved in organizing the LA riots is the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), a radical leftist American union with extensive overseas ties.

It is a regular attendee at the conferences and workshops held by the Foro de Sao Paulo, a hemispheric network of Marxist parties founded by Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Brazilian President Inazio Lula da Silva.


The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights LA (CHIRLA), also an organizer, received $33 million in government grants in FY2023.

Then there are the “charities” helping the rioters, such as Mutual Aid Los Angeles Network, Operation Healthy Hearts, LA Poverty Department, and Mutual Aid/Social Therapy.

These riots are sure to expand in the days to come, which means that it is a good thing that some congressmen are looking to investigate who these groups are, and why they are seeking to destabilize our streets.

There’s nothing ‘spontaneous’ about radical ICE protests — here are the groups behind them

The same media who told you in 2020 that the violent Black Lives Matter riots were “fiery, but mostly peaceful” are at it again, pretending that your eyes are lying to you.

nypost.com

Planned protests are “Bad”?
Why’s that?

 

[GoldenBoy89]

And what form are these protests going to take? People standing way off to the side completely out of the way, posing no physical resistance or throwing any objects whatsoever?

Protests have been happening all over. There’s no riots. No major interruptions to the city or to ICE operations. Sorry to disappoint.

 

[Hans Blaster]

Planned protests are “Bad”?
Why’s that?

They might be large and coordinated (see 6/14/25) which would make the regime look bad.

 

[ozso]

Protests have been happening all over. There’s no riots. No major interruptions to the city or to ICE operations.

Then that goes back to what I said, ICE and DHS can continue enforcing the law unobstructed.

Sorry to disappoint.

There's nothing to be disappointed over when it comes to civilians behaving civilly.

 

[ozso]

They might be large and coordinated (see 6/14/25) which would make the regime look bad.

The regime upholding the law already looks bad to those who don't want it enforced. Maybe Newsome will become the next president and they'll be given carte blanche to flood back in by the tens of millions.

 

[A New Dawn]

Planned protests are “Bad”?
Why’s that?

Planned protests are fine. Planned riots are against the law. See, one is peaceful and one is not. The ones where they come storming in with riot gear on and attacking the law enforcement officers are not peaceful.

 

[ozso]

Planned protests are fine. Planned riots are against the law. See, one is peaceful and one is not. The ones where they come storming in with riot gear on and attacking the law enforcement officers are not peaceful.

Haven't you heard? Riots don't exists. Whatever you think you've seen is either a figment of your imagination or a right-wing illusion.

 

[A New Dawn]

Haven't you heard? Riots don't exists. Whatever you think you've seen is either a figment of your imagination or a right-wing illusion.

These are not the droids you're looking for.

 

[GoldenBoy89]

Riots don't exists.

Who said this?

 

[A New Dawn]

Who said this?

ummm.................. All the leftist politicians and commentators. Same as when they suggested that the riots in 2020 were peaceful while there were pictures of buildings on fire in the background.