Newsom Falsely Claims Riots Only Began After Trump Federalized Guard.

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The governor claimed that all was peaceful and quiet. No rioters or insurrectionists (like the Floyd insurrection and riot) were in LA. Wrong.

Here is Newsom’s description of the timeline — which, in his telling, began on Saturday morning:

On Saturday morning, when federal agents jumped out of an unmarked van near a Home Depot parking lot, they began grabbing people. …In response, everyday Angelinos came out to exercise their Constitutional right to free speech and assembly.

To protest their government’s actions.In turn, the State of California and the City and County of Los Angeles sent our police officers to help keep the peace, and with some exceptions, they were successful.…Donald Trump, without consulting with California’s law enforcement leaders, commandeered 2,000 of our state’s National Guard members to deploy on our streets. …That’s when the downward spiral began. He doubled down on his dangerous National Guard deployment by fanning the flames even harder.

And the President did it on purpose. As the news spread throughout LA, anxiety for family and friends ramped up. Protests started again. By night, several dozen lawbreakers became violent and destructive. They vandalized property. They tried to assault police officers.

Here is the actual timeline, or a more accurate version, as related by ABC News — not a conservative source:

June 6 [Friday]ICE agents carry out a series of immigration sweeps across Southern California. Reports of federal agents running after people in a parking lot of a Home Depot in the Westlake neighborhood near downtown L.A. start circulating in the community.

Around 3 p.m. local time, a crowd begins gathering in the downtown Fashion District after ICE agents show up at an apparel manufacturing business. Aerial footage taken by ABC News’ Los Angeles station, KABC, shows what appears to be ICE agents loading two white passenger vehicles with people in handcuffs. As the vehicles leave the apparel business, protesters try unsuccessfully to stop them, including one individual who was seen lying down in the path of one of the cars.

Several hours later, a large group of protesters gathered outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse downtown, calling for an end to immigration raids in the city. Video footage shows protesters vandalizing the building, heckling police and throwing bottles and other objects at officers who used shields to protect themselves. Police in riot gear are seen confronting protesters with batons and what appeared to be tear gas launchers.

Breitbart News covered the riot on Friday, June 6, as did a variety of other news sources, left and right.

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