Gateway Pundit reporter Elijah Schaffer has been shot with a rubber bullet and a tear fuel canister whereas masking the more and more violent ongoing riot in Los Angeles.
The riot is a part of the “No Kings” protests, that are happening nationwide on Saturday.
An illegal meeting was referred to as on the LA protest within the late afternoon, and Schaffer filmed the USA Marine Corps and Nationwide Guard working collectively for crowd management.
Nationwide Guard and USMC collectively
That means US troopers are making bodily contact with Americans throughout this unrest https://t.co/BD4AiuNuGO
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: USMC makes contact with residents and makes use of pressure to pushback the group from the federal constructing
US troopers are straight making bodily contact with protestors in LA pic.twitter.com/9IWA9tVy1o
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
After the illegal meeting was declared, Schaffer documented a number of folks in confrontations with officers and reported that there have been “a number of accidents.”
BREAKING: illegal meeting referred to as in LA
A number of inured pic.twitter.com/1cKZajAIAX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: illegal meeting declared in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/Uky4rzWmhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: illegal meeting declared in Los Angeles
Police are clearing the crowds, which at the moment are holding their place close to the Federal Constructing
Everyone seems to be slowly being kettled in. Right here we go pic.twitter.com/jt1XUWjoyX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
Shortly after 5 p.m. native time, Schaffer wrote that “police are utilizing tear fuel and crowd management munitions to interrupt up the group.”
“Although I recognized as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer nonetheless shot me with a rubber bullet,” Schaffer reported. “One other shot a tear fuel can at me. They’re focusing on press.”
LOS ANGELES: police are utilizing tear fuel and crowd management munitions to interrupt up the group
Although I recognized as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer nonetheless shot me with a rubber bullet
One other shot a tear fuel can at me. They’re focusing on press pic.twitter.com/Y2gWVX4WhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
Schaffer reported that “5,000-10,000 folks nonetheless stay” within the protest space, regardless of the group management measures and guarantees of arrests.
BREAKING: LAPD declares illegal meeting / riot for No Kings Protest in LA
Sheriff, LAPD, USMC, NG, CHP and DHS are making a metropolis vast perimeter and making an attempt to disperse the group
About 5,000-10,000 folks nonetheless stay within the metropolis. All companies have closed. Freeways closed pic.twitter.com/wQ1lpFNzYd
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
BREAKING: crowds surge as police fail to include the illegal meeting. There may be nonstop munitions, flash bangs and infinite tear fuel getting used
Press is being focused together with the unruly protestors pic.twitter.com/xOIjn6YWb9
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
The riot in Los Angeles is ongoing and The Gateway Pundit will proceed to offer updates because the state of affairs unfolds.
