Patel promises FBI coming for anyone assaulting cops as Los Angeles erupts over ICE raids
Following violent anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles on Saturday night FBI Director Kash Patel warned if you assault a law enforcement officer you re going to jail period It doesn t matter where you came from how you got here or what cause you claim to represent Patel communicated Fox News Digital If local jurisdictions won t stand behind the men and women who wear the badge the FBI will President Donald Trump signed a Presidential Memorandum deploying National Guardsmen to Paramount California after immigration leadership driving in the area were pelted with rocks stones and concrete shattering regime automobile windshields U S Perimeter Patrol Chief Michael W Banks shared a photo of one Perimeter Patrol agent's bloody hand which was injured by a rock flying through the windshield NATIONAL GUARD TO BE DEPLOYED IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS ANTI-ICE PROTESTS RAGE MARGIN CZAR TOM HOMANFederal sources mentioned agents could have been killed by the flying debris Doesn t matter where you came from how you got here or what movement speaks to you If the local police force won t back our men and women on the thin blue line we FBI will Patel wrote on X The bureau has an entire force dedicated to immigration with its highest concentration in Los Angeles Several arrests have already been made for assault on a federal agent Banks substantiated FEDERAL LEADERS SLAM DEMOCRATS FOR 'DANGEROUS' RHETORIC AS ICE AGENTS FACE VIOLENT MOBS IN LA NYCThe fiery Paramount protest marked the second consecutive day of substantial violent riots in Los Angeles On Friday night more than Los Angeles rioters surrounded a federal law enforcement building and assaulted ICE agents slashed tires and defaced buildings ICE SWEEPS THROUGH LA BUSINESSES AS LOCAL DEMOCRATS CRY FOUL OVER TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S ENFORCEMENT ACTIONSDHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced protesters would not slow ICE agents down and cautioned rioters If you lay a hand on a law enforcement officer you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law Noem wrote in an X post FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino declared the agency is seeking information regarding the identity of those throwing rocks at vehicles conducting critical law enforcement operations noting it is only a matter of time One of the perpetrators in this video is wearing a helmet and we re going to use our investigative tools to locate the individual Bongino wrote in an X post I strongly suggest you turn yourself in it s only a matter of time
