Dateline:   BurnItDownVille, June 11, 2025

Los Angeles has been burning for almost a week. It began last Friday when Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers began apprehending vicious illegals in an LA suburb to deport them.

Violent riots were the response. By Saturday, the destruction was so intense the Los Angeles Police Department stepped in to quell the violence. Rather than stopping it, the riots spread to several areas in the downtown area. The LAPD declared that it was overwhelmed.

On Sunday, Trump ordered the California National Guard to support the LAPD and ICE agents.

On Sunday evening, Gavin Newsom got around to meeting with LAPD officials in an attempt to map out a solution to the violence. His only idea so far is to sue the Trump administration to halt the use of the Guard in shutting down the riots. A hearing is set for Thursday on the matter.

A few hours ago, Trump deployed the Marines to the city to aid in ending the increasing violence.

Kamala Harris, as is her custom, lashed out at Trump for his “cruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division”. She apparently is referring to the enforcement of Federal immigration law. Neither Newsom nor Harris nor any leading Democrat has condemned the violence.

LA is a city of two tales. The leadership, headed by Mayor Karen Bass, calls LA an international city where US immigration law do not apply. They view everyone as citizens of the city to be protected with taxpayer funds from Federal reach.

The other tale is a city badly in need of leaders who will preserve the safety of its US citizens from those who would rain violence and destruction on them.

Right now, the first tale is wagging the city. This is the result of elections. If taxpayers are dissatisfied with the destruction of their city, they can fix it. If not, they have to suck it up because they have no one to blame but themselves.