MOLDY BREAD
>Trump's quick intervention in LA may thrill his base but inflame tensions
>On the campaign trail last year, Donald Trump promised that he was not going to tolerate left-wing lawlessness on American streets and would use the full force of his presidential powers in response.
>The protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) efforts in California on Saturday night gave him an opening to follow through on that promise.
>Never mind that the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said that the protests were largely peaceful, or that the ones that were more disruptive involved just a few hundred individuals.
>Trump administration officials said that immigration agents were being targeted and injured – and that local law enforcement had been too slow to respond.
>https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c628vwq9z9zo