To the editor: I’m getting bored with explaining to those that a few dozen idiots turned a peaceable protest right into a media occasion frenzy by turning violent (“Who’s telling the truth? Searching for a shared reality amid L.A. protests,” June 10).
However, after residing in L.A. for practically 30 years, I can truthfully say I’ve seen extra chaos at celebrations when the Dodgers or Lakers win. And nobody suggests bringing within the Nationwide Guard and Marines.
Within the meantime, masked ICE thugs are throwing harmless residents into vans and carting them off. President Trump promised to clear the U.S. of violent criminals. However this appears to have manifested as seamstresses, automotive wash attendants and farmworkers, who’ve been right here for 10-plus years, and who’ve authorized kids right here, being handled as violent offenders in an effort to meet his quotas.
If you happen to’ve ever seen photographs of Nineteen Thirties German troopers throwing Jews into trains to be carted off and also you don’t see the similarities, you then’re simply mendacity to your self.
Robert Braunstein, Santa Monica
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To the editor: A dozen individuals arrested on costs comparable to failure to disperse, receiving stolen property and business housebreaking. Seven arrests had been in reference to smash-and-grab incidents at two shops.
A Metro bus in Echo Park was set on hearth and a downtown retailer was looted. The Los Angeles Police Division declared 4 illegal assemblies and used less-lethal munitions to manage hostile crowds. Mayor Karen Bass stated violence won’t be tolerated.
Was this a radical left-wing mob engaged in revolt? No, what I simply described was a “celebration” by sports activities followers on Oct. 31, 2024, following the Dodgers’ World Sequence victory.
Ken Brock, Yucca Valley
