LA Mayor ‘blatantly encouraged' protesters in anti-ICE riots

Sky News host James Macpherson has accused Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass of 'blatantly encouraging' protesters in the LA anti-ICE riots.
'Trump's had to send in the National Guard because the mayor of Los Angeles, she has blatantly encouraged this,' he said.
This comes after US President Donald Trump ordered 2,000 National Guard troops to the streets of Los Angeles amid chaotic protests following a series of immigration raids."

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