Guess Which Side of the National Guard Debate the L.A. Cops Support

It comes as no surprise that the people who put their lives on the line trying to maintain law and order aren’t too happy with the politicians and Pravda Media folks who are egging on the insurrectionists in Los Angeles. 

But you would never know it if you got all your news from the Gavin Newsoms and Karen Basses of the world, as well as many of the media folks who are gaslighting us about what really is happening in the city. 

LA cops are mad, and not just at the people who are literally trying to kill them by tossing concrete on them from highway overpasses. 

Inside the secret LAPD club of Gavin Newsom’s nightmares… and their evidence a riot crisis was waiting to happen https://t.co/gcCfNRThnG

— Daily Mail (@DailyMail) June 11, 2025

As Gavin Newsom and Karen Bass deny that there has been any violence, or that all the violence is Trump’s fault, or that LA is really peaceful, or that the police have everything under control and the National Guard and Marines are unnecessary, or…any of a million other excuses, the LAPD is filled with some very unhappy campers. 

They want the National Guard, believe the riots are out of control, think that the politicos have abandoned them, and the media has been hiding the worst of the rioting, and they are very angry about it. And, as usual, you probably wouldn’t have heard about it but for the foreign press. 

Los Angeles cops have a private chatroom — and California’s Democratic leaders won’t like what they’re saying.

The Instagram group ‘Defend the LAPD’ allows officers and commanders to talk freely about what’s really going on in the streets of America’s second-biggest city, where cops clash daily with anti-government rioters.

The Daily Mail gained exclusive access to the 8,500-member club and spoke to its organizers — and the views they presented were a stark rebuke to Gov Gavin Newsom and other leaders of the Democrat-run state.

Despite what their bosses say, LAPD officers broadly support the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard to protect federal buildings amid a wave of sometimes violent protests against immigration raids, says the group.

For years now, there has been a liberal crusade against law enforcement, leading to an exodus of police from the ranks of forces in most of the major cities in America. 

NEW: The LAPD arrested 50 protesters over the weekend during the ongoing riots, on various charges, including attempted mu*der with a Molotov cocktail, assault with a deadly weapon, looting, and failure to disperse.

Additionally, five LAPD officers and five horses suffered minor… pic.twitter.com/Uw1lBiiUzo

— RedWave Press (@RedWave_Press) June 10, 2025

Los Angeles has been hemorrhaging officers since 2020, and the pace of losses indicates that the trend will continue. Karen Bass spends a lot of time trashing first responders–remember the LA fires?–and for days insisted that everything was peaceful and under control as the city burned. The Pravda Media has been echoing this narrative. 

Corporate media cheer along as American cities burn.

This is a violent uprising in defense of criminal illegal aliens. President Trump is absolutely right to restore law and order given that Gavin Newsom refuses to protect Americans. https://t.co/9C0AYPqf5B

— Bernie Moreno (@berniemoreno) June 9, 2025

A spokesperson for Defend the LAPD, which presents itself as a grassroots club for thousands of LA cops and their supporters, told the Daily Mail that officers of all ranks appreciate the backup of Trump’s National Guard deployment.

‘Everyone supports all the help they can get,’ said the spokesperson.

‘We need the help from other agencies, because we can’t handle it. Our asses are being handed to us on a platter.’

While Gov Newsom says the National Guard are not needed and part of Trump’s ‘manufactured’ crisis, the spokesperson said this was ‘not true,’ and that extra boots helped keep the streets safe.

‘They’re here because we don’t have enough personnel, after all the back door defunding they have done for years,’ said the spokesperson.

In the channel, officers, commanders and other members are able to post their concerns about events in a city of nearly 4 million people that’s become the epicenter of Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown.

In the posts, which we could not independently verify, members slammed Mayor Bass for ‘unprecedented political interference’ this week by assuming direct control of LAPD forces and preventing cops from bailing out federal immigration agents.

If it were really true, as the media and the politicians claim, that Trump caused all this and the California commies know how to calm things down, it’s pretty implausible that the police would be backing him and trashing their leaders. 

Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters is now claiming that there was NO VIOLENCE at the LA riots

They are literally LYING to the faces of the American people. pic.twitter.com/iikxf7iGGc

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) June 10, 2025

Like I said we are witnessing in real time Jordan levels of Stelterness – A professional journalist telling people not to pay attention to burning cars and looted businesses, because it’s all that he has left. pic.twitter.com/gJ2ih93q7q

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) June 11, 2025

Is it any wonder that the police are fed up? Politicians create crises, and the media stirs the anger up, the brownshirts loot and riot, the police face the danger and consequences, and the politicians blame them for being too harsh or accuse them of being the bad guys. 

It’s a wonder that any sane person would endure that willingly. 

One minute you’re pontificating about capital-J Journalism with George Clooney, and the next you’re begging your dwindling audience to reject the evidence of their own senses. https://t.co/VJIVI6PAtL pic.twitter.com/e14riuTUjE

— jimtreacher.substack.com (@jtLOL) June 10, 2025

Many of them are not, actually. There has been a migration of first responders from Blue states to Red states, and the trend is likely to continue. 

In another post, a group member takes aim at how the riots are presented by local media — showcasing the police as heavy-handed while downplaying the threats they face from violent leftist agitators.

The post focuses on KTLA’s coverage of a police horse ‘trampling a rioter’ in a clip that omitted the ‘footage right before that with the rioter throwing a Molotov cocktail at horses!’

‘The media is not reporting honestly,’ adds the post.

The chaos on LA’s streets erupted just days after Defend the LAPD released a report about underfunding and ‘dysfunction’ in the city’s police force, which it says is short by thousands of officers at any one time.

The 38-pager, which was produced with the input of more than 300 officers, says cops have had their hands tied and left unable to tackle crime by progressive politicians and the ‘activist groups’ they bow to.

‘The Department was not prepared for large-scale unrest,’ said the spokesman.

The spokesperson attributed this to ‘poor planning, inexperience at the top, and inefficient deployment of sworn resources.’

Democrats love to agitate, stir up trouble, and then use the chaos to point fingers at others. The media plays along with this, presenting a fantasy world where riots are “peaceful” protests, police and the National Guard are the bad guys, and where the only way to restore peace is to give more money and power to Democrats. 

BREAKING: DHS confirms to @FoxNews that ICE arrested a previously deported illegal alien from Mexico who they say was caught on video throwing a Molotov cocktail at law enforcement during the riots in Los Angeles on Saturday. Emiliano Garduno-Galvez will be charged w/ attempted… pic.twitter.com/VQXHNIr4Un

— Bill Melugin (@BillMelugin_) June 11, 2025

The wonder is that the tactic works. Democrats keep getting elected in Blue cities, and the most “progressive” Democrats at that. Brandon Johnson in Chicago won after the disastrous reign of Lori Lightfoot–talk about dropping out of the frying pan into the fire–and in Los Angeles, the citizens chose an actual, bona fide communist in Karen Bass. 

As Ed wrote yesterday, even Microsoft–a Seattle company (Redmond is a suburb)–won’t hold events in Seattle anymore, because the city is so degraded. Portland–enough said. Also, read Ed’s piece on how the LA City Council wants the LAPD to snitch on ICE raids. 

Blue cities are descending into chaos–expect a wave of riots in cities across America this summer–and the police exodus will accelerate. I doubt that many police want to leave their hometowns, but what choice do they have? Who wants to be hit with a concrete block and then watch their bosses hand six and seven-figure settlements to the rioters who maimed them?

And that will happen. Mark my words. After the 2020 riots, many of the “protesters” were handed settlements from Blue cities. The rioters got paid for destroying the city BY the city. It will happen again. 

Editor’s Note: President Trump will not allow lawlessness to reign in America. We will not have a repeat of 2020’s “Summer of Love.”

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