Gateway Pundit reporter Elijah Schaffer has been shot with a rubber bullet and a tear gasoline canister whereas protecting the more and more violent ongoing riot in Los Angeles.
The riot is a part of the “No Kings” protests, that are happening nationwide on Saturday.
An illegal meeting was known as on the LA protest within the late afternoon, and Schaffer filmed the US Marine Corps and Nationwide Guard working collectively for crowd management.
Nationwide Guard and USMC collectively
Which means US troopers are making bodily contact with Americans throughout this unrest https://t.co/BD4AiuNuGO
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: USMC makes contact with residents and makes use of power to pushback the gang from the federal constructing
US troopers are immediately making bodily contact with protestors in LA pic.twitter.com/9IWA9tVy1o
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
After the illegal meeting was declared, Schaffer documented a number of individuals in confrontations with officers and reported that there have been “a number of accidents.”
BREAKING: illegal meeting known as in LA
A number of inured pic.twitter.com/1cKZajAIAX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: illegal meeting declared in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/Uky4rzWmhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: illegal meeting declared in Los Angeles
Police are clearing the crowds, which are actually holding their place close to the Federal Constructing
Everyone seems to be slowly being kettled in. Right here we go pic.twitter.com/jt1XUWjoyX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
Shortly after 5 p.m. native time, Schaffer wrote that “police are utilizing tear gasoline and crowd management munitions to interrupt up the gang.”
“Although I recognized as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer nonetheless shot me with a rubber bullet,” Schaffer reported. “One other shot a tear gasoline can at me. They’re concentrating on press.”
LOS ANGELES: police are utilizing tear gasoline and crowd management munitions to interrupt up the gang
Although I recognized as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer nonetheless shot me with a rubber bullet
One other shot a tear gasoline can at me. They’re concentrating on press pic.twitter.com/Y2gWVX4WhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
Schaffer reported that “5,000-10,000 individuals nonetheless stay” within the protest space, regardless of the gang management measures and guarantees of arrests.
BREAKING: LAPD declares illegal meeting / riot for No Kings Protest in LA
Sheriff, LAPD, USMC, NG, CHP and DHS are making a metropolis extensive perimeter and making an attempt to disperse the gang
About 5,000-10,000 individuals nonetheless stay within the metropolis. All companies have closed. Freeways closed pic.twitter.com/wQ1lpFNzYd
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
BREAKING: crowds surge as police fail to comprise the illegal meeting. There may be nonstop munitions, flash bangs and countless tear gasoline getting used
Press is being focused together with the unruly protestors pic.twitter.com/xOIjn6YWb9
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
The riot in Los Angeles is ongoing and The Gateway Pundit will proceed to supply updates because the state of affairs unfolds.
