POLITICS: Los Angeles’ lawless protests: Letters

The Issue: Anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, resulting in the National Guards’ interference.

The progressive left has moved further away from the values of most Americans than ever before with their stance on open borders and interfering with ICE’s attempts to make our country safe (“Red, white and spew hate,” June 10).

They have taken this assault against America to a higher level with their attempts to normalize the rioting in Los Angeles.

Politicians who encourage this for their own selfish interests and anarchists who feed the flames of and participate in these hateful and destructive acts don’t seem to have any clue that Americans reject lawlessness.

We always have and we always will.

Charles Sitero

Ormond Beach, Fla.

The New York Times, Axios and other liberal outlets are trying to minimize the destruction of the Los Angeles riots by pointing out that protesters were centered in a small portion of the city.

Can you imagine what the public outcry would have been if after 9/11, the New York media said, “the destruction was limited to just a few blocks in downtown?”

Any reporter who penned such words would be immediately ostracized as an insensitive buffoon.

Dennis Ricupero

Port Chester

Does anyone see the cynical irony of the mostly peaceful rioters in LA flying Mexican flags while burning American flags in response to President Trump’s overdue crackdown on people who have no right to be in the country?

Whilst all this plays out, the anarchists’ propagandists in the media are gaslighting the public into believing that this is peaceful First Amendment stuff, as other outlets show cars and buildings burning and people pelting rocks at cars and officers.

Bradley Morris

Queens

I listened to Democrats say they aren’t into the “blame game” and want to move on when questioned about former President Joe Biden leaving this country in a state of disaster, which brings me to the protests around the country.

Now Gov. Gavin Newsom and Mayor Karen Bass blame Trump for escalating the riots in their state by sending in the National Guard to protect our federal property.

Where were these two criminal-sympathizers when they watched murderers, drug dealers and human smugglers infiltrate our borders?

Gregory Topliff

Aiken, SC

California should become its own country and see how it functions without the government whose buildings and presence the protesters are trying to destroy.

Barbara Papatrefon

Rockville Centre

Imagine if Americans in Mexico illegally set fire to government buildings and then roared around on motorcycles waving Old Glory.

Would CNN, WAPO and MSNBC call them fascists?

Would Democrats defend that behavior?

Paul O’Keefe

Union City, NJ

Watching the so-called mainstream media would lead one to believe the LA riots are mostly peaceful.

Sure, just as in 2020, when several cities were burned down in similar riots.

Why haven’t they learned that we can see how violent these protests are?

Larry Hootnick

Watermill

Regarding the riots in LA over Washington’s attempts to enforce federal immigration laws, our friends on the left have their view on the issue, as do we on the right.

The fight here is for the opinion of the center majority of Americans.

To that end, my question for the legacy media is: No matter how hard you try to bury photographs, how do you get past the image of someone spitting on a burning American flag in the streets of an American city?

Warren Nitti

Edgewater, NJ

Yet again, violent protesters will be arrested, probably given a slap on the wrist and released by liberal judges.

Can someone explain to me why we are not going after the entities in charge who are funding this anarchy and treasonous behavior?

Cut off the head, and the snake will die.

Mark Lanza

Atlantic Highlands, NJ

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