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After the characteristics of news anchors, Los Angeles News changed Anti-ice storm Sunday, “just a bunch of fun watching the car burning”.
In its process Real-time reporting Amid violent demonstrations that rocked downtown Los Angeles, ABC7 Los Angeles host Jory Rand warned law enforcement to increase tensions through interference.
“If you move law enforcement there the wrong way, it can get very turbulent, and it’s just a bunch of interesting people watching the cars burn into huge confrontations and a feud between officials and demonstrators,” he said.
Tim Caputo, who was broadcast live from the scene, also warned police officers that they must walk to keep peace rather than “provoking” the crowd.
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A protester jumped off a burning Waymo taxi near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025 during an immigration riot. (AP)
“It’s hard because their presence can sometimes stir the crowd.
It’s a “subtle problem”, but whatever your cause is, violence is “bad.”
Violent outbreak Friday night on the streets in downtown Los Angeles in response to immigration and customs enforcement (ICE) raids. Vehicles set fire, mobs threw objects at police from the highway overpass and smashed windows at LAPD headquarters.
During live coverage on Sunday, both Rand and Caputo stressed that the violence was limited to a few agitators and did not reflect the entire protesters’ population.
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A man watched from a bus stop as protesters clashed with policemen as they protested federal immigration sweeping streets, federal immigration sweeping in downtown Los Angeles, California, USA June 8, 2025. Reuters/David Ryder (Reuters/David Ryder)
Caputo said he would not call this situation a “riot” even if the president Donald Trump Use this term.
“I didn’t know I would describe it as a riot,” he said. “The vast majority of people are people who are participating in videos, people who are waving flags, people who are walking around, people who want to be part of their career, people who want to hear their own voices, and people who want to show the power of numbers and the power of power… (but) you have these people who are deliberately causing some problems.”
“It’s hard to describe the crowd as an agitator. I won’t even say that, or even get close to that,” Caputo continued. “(i) It seems that this doesn’t necessarily cover the vast majority of people here, but that everyone is trapped in hoopla.”
A man threw a can of smoke on Highway 101 near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP)
“It’s a few people ruining everything for everyone else,” Rand confirmed. “It’s probably the peaceful demonstrations are certainly no longer because these cars continue to burn and explode.”
As more and more explosions occur in the backstage, Caputo and his photographers attempt to move from the scene.
Then, Rand announced that if you don’t count on the car’s fire, things “look relatively peaceful now.”
“It’s hard to say that these already on fire cars seemed relatively calm as the three cars burned.”
The news report has attracted criticism on social media. Share a clip Rand’s comment.
ABC7 Los Angeles did not return immediately Fox News NumbersMake a request for comment.
Protesters in downtown Los Angeles expressed anger at the weekend’s ice attack in Los Angeles, California. Sunday, June 8, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)
Trump sent 2,000 National Guards to the area on Friday to resolve the violence that has sparked criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and La Mayor Karen Bass.
Newsom says Trump went all out when deploying the National Guard to help with the anti-ice riot, claiming that “local law enforcement does not need help.”
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Anders Hagstrom and Audrey Conklin of Fox News contributed to the report.
