Elpidio Reyna, 40, allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement and damaged government vehicles, the FBI said.

The unidentified demonstrator allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement and damaged government vehicles, the FBI said.

As tense anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles enter their fourth day, federal officers have ramped up law enforcement’s response – and have added one protester to the FBI’s ‘Most Wanted list.’

The unidentified demonstrator has been accused of assaulting a federal officer and damaging government property during Saturday’s protest in Paramount, a city 30 miles south of Los Angeles.

The suspect allegedly threw rocks at law enforcement on Alondra Boulevard around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, “injuring a federal officer and damaging government vehicles,” according to the FBI’s Los Angeles field office. It was not immediately clear whether the officer was injured or the extent of the damage.

  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    18 days ago

    Throwing rocks, starting fires, and initiating violence? I’d say there’s a much better than 50% chance that this is someone who came to instigate violence rather that support the protest. If he’s ever arrested, I’d bet money that he turns out to have a pardon from Trump in his history or a ProudBoy tat or both.

    • onesixone@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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      18 days ago

      Stop discrediting ways of protesting you dont like by making sruff up. The outside agitator trope is a counterinsurgency tactic to sow distrust in resistance movements.

      This already happened with the George Floyd protests and in the end no proof was ever shown for this being a relevant factor in any meaningful way.

      • Boddhisatva@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        18 days ago

        Stop discrediting ways of protesting you dont like by making sruff up. The outside agitator trope is a counterinsurgency tactic to sow distrust in resistance movements.

        This already happened with the George Floyd protests and in the end no proof was ever shown for this being a relevant factor in any meaningful way.

        Yes, it can be used to sow distrust, and it’s also a method that has been regularly used to incite violence so the authorities can respond with escalated violence. As for proof, you mean proof like the white supremacist that police identified as having been started fires and incited violence at otherwise peaceful George Floyd protests? Or this one? Or these guys?

        The use of agents provocateur to turn peaceful protests violent is so common that it’s practically a tradition at this point.

        • Scubus@sh.itjust.works
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          17 days ago

          Step 1. Peaceful protest

          Step 2. Police start gunning down protestors

          Step 3. “Guys dont escalate, the police might start shooting people”

          Step 4. Fascism

          I think you know what step you are at