LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell Says, ‘Violence I Have Seen is Disgusting,’ Recounting Attacks on Cops

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LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell Says, ‘Violence I Have Seen is Disgusting,’ Recounting Attacks on Cops

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Newly appointed Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell listens during a news conference in Los Angeles, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024AP Photo/Jae C&*******; Hong

The city’s top cop held a press conference Sunday night urging Angelenos to end the ugly violence that has thrust the city into chaos telling reporters, “things have gotten out of control,” adding that “somebody could easily be killed,” by the actions of some of the agitators who are attacking law enforcement officials. 

LAPD officers – and other law enforcement officials – have been targeted by protestors who have aimed and released “commercial grade fireworks” at cops, who also came under fire from hurled concrete blocks hammered from government buildings. California Highway Patrol Officers came under attack from protestors who threw scooters, street signs, and large blocks at them from an overpass, destroying multiple vehicles parked along the 101. The officers were forced to take cover from the violence overhead, and several narrowly missed being hit by fireworks and blocks,

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“The people who are out there doing the violence…they have a hoodie on, they have a a face mask on…these are people who do this all the time,” McDonnell said of the most violent protestors, who said “many come in from other places just to hurt people and cause havoc.” 

McDonnell added, “the violence I have seen is disgusting.”

Despite the vandalism, attacks on police, and random acts of mayhem throughout DTLA, which included the torching of six Waymo autonomous cars – roughly ten arrests were made on Sunday, and 29 arrests Saturday night. CHP made 17 arrests when protestors blocked the 101 freeway. One man, officials said, was charged with throwing a molotov ********* at a police officer. Another was arrested after he charged at a police barricade with his motorcycle at full speed. 

The chaos has intensified since protestors took to the streets Friday in response to a series of clandestine raids across Los Angeles that led to dozens of arrests, and a fiery response from the heavily immigrant population of the city. McDonnell made it clear that the LAPD does not make immigration arrests, but the department does not prevent federal officials from doing their job either. 

“They have their mission…they have every right to do that,” McDonnell said of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents who have fanned out across L.A., ripping people out of their workplaces and descending on Home Depot parking lots. But, McDonnell said, federal officials did not brief his department, which made it difficult to respond to the mobs of people who began to protest.

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