In some not very surprising but still infuriating news out of Los Angeles, the Fox News LA crew covering the riots in Paramount, L.A., had its vehicle destroyed by rioters and video equipment looted by an anarchic, lawless mob in Governor Gavin Newsom’s California, showing the horrid state of things as riots rage.
As background, the riots in Los Angeles came out of the local response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids launched across the city meant to sweep up illegal aliens. Rioters, many of whom appear to be affiliated with Mexican nationalist groups and Antifa, have since been rioting, shutting down streets, and fighting with the police and federal agents.
Alongside the daily clashes between mask-clad, hoodie-wearing rioters and federal riot police has been some looting and chaos, such as the destruction and theft of the Fox News team’s vehicle and equipment, which appears to have occured on Saturday, June 7, as the riots were really starting to ramp up.
Speaking about what had happened, the Fox News LA reporter, Matthew Seedorff, said, while standing in front of the vehicle that had been destroyed by the anti-immigration enforcement riots, that the team had parked it near the scene of the riots as they got started and it was destroyed by those rioters the team had meant to cover.
Beginning, Seedorff explained why the truck had been parked so close to what turned into such a large riot, saying, “So this is what’s left of our work car. We had it parked near the scene. Obviously, we got here right at the beginning, before we knew it was going to escalate to the situation that it got to.”
Continuing, Seedorff noted that it was a new news truck that had been destroyed, and that all the equipment and belongings in it had been trashed by the rioters. He said, “This is a brand new news truck that we just got. Looks like the tires were slashed. They busted into the windows, I’ll see our personal bags were in the car. They stole all the stuff that was inside.”
Concluding, while posting through the trashed truck in the video he posted to X on Jun 7, he noted that the rioters had destroyed the truck by smashing it with cinderblocks, which he found still sitting inside the vehicle after having been hurled through it. He said, “Looks like they took cinder blocks through the window.”
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The destruction of the truck comes amidst a growing concern with what is going on. President Trump, for example, posted, referencing the need to crack down on the riots, “Jim McDonnell, the highly respected LAPD Chief, just stated that the protesters are getting very much more aggressive, and that he would ‘have to reassess the situation,’ as it pertains to bringing in the troops. He should, RIGHT NOW!!! Don’t let these thugs get away with this. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!”
Similarly, the president wrote, in a separate post attacking the city’s leadership, “Governor Gavin Newscum and “Mayor” Bass should apologize to the people of Los Angeles for the absolutely horrible job that they have done, and this now includes the ongoing L.A. riots. These are not protesters, they are troublemakers and insurrectionists. Remember, NO MASKS!”