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The deployment of LAPD officers and L.A. County sheriff’s deputies in response to protests over federal immigration actions has led to several viral incidents and raised questions about the role of local law enforcement in quelling the unrest.
Scenes of mayhem and violence have emerged from the protests in Los Angeles. Who are the people clashing with law enforcement and fueling the unrest?
Waymos were vandalized and set ablaze during L.A. immigration protests
The California National Guard’s 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, based in San Diego, said 300 personnel were deployed to protect federal property and personnel.
Erick Romero Quintana, 22, described by law enforcement as one of the biggest social media influencers in the Southern California car scene, faces conspiracy charges for organizing more than a dozen street takeovers in L.A. County since 2022.
A former DEA agent — already awaiting trial on domestic violence and weapons charges — faces additional counts in incidents involving a co-worker and road rage.
Charges against Eduardo Medina-Berumen include two counts of murder with special circumstances after a triple shooting in Baldwin Park.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy Trevor Kirk was sentenced Monday to four months in prison. He had previously faced up to 10 years in prison, until a federal judge granted the government’s request to dismiss the felony charge.
A class-action lawsuit seeks to end Riverside County’s use of a cash bail system to detain people awaiting trial, alleging high death rates and squalid conditions in the county jails.
