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FIRST ON FOX: California GOP Congressman Darrell Issa is looking for an investigation into allegations that the Los Angeles Police Department didn’t promptly reply to give protection to ICE officials being assaulted as violence broke out within the town on Friday evening.
Issa, who represents California’s forty eighth Congressional District and is a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, mentioned in a press free up Tuesday he’s calling for a “full and complete Congressional investigation” into the reaction time of the LAPD aiding the ICE officials who, in line with a press free up from DHS, waited for 2 hours for help.
“Last night, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property,” DHS mentioned in a press free up on Saturday, relating to the former evening when violence broke out in Los Angeles in accordance with the ICE raids.
“It took the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) 2 hours to respond.”
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GOP Rep. Darrell Issa is looking for an investigation into LAPD’s reaction to anti-ICE riots. (Getty)
LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell, who briefly put out a press free up Friday reassuring the general public that the dept does now not take part in immigration actions, driven again towards DHS’ declare in a Sunday press convention.
“When we heard that, I think anybody who’s a police officer couldn’t believe it, and certainly anyone with LAPD couldn’t imagine how that could happen,” McDonnell mentioned to newshounds. “Well, it didn’t happen.”
McDonnell claimed that the true reaction time was once 40 mins because of site visitors.
In a observation to Fox News Digital on Monday, Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin stood by way of the dept’s unique declare.
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A protester puts particles in a fireplace as Border Patrol staff in rebellion tools and fuel mask stand guard outdoor an business park in Paramount, California, on Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
“The fact remains that it took the Los Angeles Police Department two hours to respond,” McLaughlin mentioned. “During that time, over 1,000 rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE law enforcement officers, slashed tires, defaced buildings, and taxpayer funded property. DHS is grateful that now the LAPD is stepping up to help restore law and order.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the LAPD for remark.
Issa mentioned in a observation relating to his name for investigation that, “We need to know if the political leadership of the City of Los Angeles, the State of California, or anyone else instructed the LAPD to stand down and not respond to the emergency requests of our ICE agents who were under attack by rioters determined to block them, burn them, or even kill them as they bravely carried out their sworn duties.”
Democratic management in California has confronted standard grievance from conservatives for blaming President Donald Trump for the unrest and relating to the protests, lots of them violent, as “peaceful.”
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A rioter waves a Mexican nationwide flag subsequent to a automotive on fireplace right through a protest within the Compton group of Los Angeles on June 7, 2025. (Getty Images)
While some protesters have remained non violent, violence had taken position by way of the tip of the day Friday and endured into the weekend, leading to legislation enforcement officials being injured and attacked with projectiles and fireworks.
On Monday, LAPD introduced that fifty arrests were made with fees together with tried homicide and attack with a dangerous weapon on an officer, Fox News nationwide correspondent Bill Melugin reported on X, including that 5 LAPD officials and 5 LAPD horses sustained minor accidents.
