FBI Issues Warning to Agitators Who Assault Police During LA Unrest

FBI Director Kash Patel said that the agency will target individuals who assault law enforcement officials during protests and riots in Los Angeles, while his second-in-command said that the government is “not stopping” immigration enforcement operations that sparked the demonstrations. “Hit a cop, you’re going to jail… doesn’t matter where you came from, how you got here, or what movement speaks to you,” Patel wrote on Saturday. “If the local police force won’t back our men and women on the thin blue line, [the FBI] will.” On Saturday, law enforcement faced off against anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) protesters and rioters in southeast Los Angeles and then later on Saturday in downtown Los Angeles, video footage shows. That prompted President Donald Trump to sign a memorandum authorizing the deployment of National Guard troops in the area....