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1. Military-style anti-immigrant raids in Los Angeles spark mass protests and violent repression
The raids, which began Friday morning, targeted numerous sites in downtown and central Los Angeles, including the Fashion District, the Westlake District, South Los Angeles and Cypress Park, all areas known for their large immigrant populations and labor-intensive industries.
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The scenes Friday hark back to the mass city-wide protests and violent police repression that were carried out in response to the acquittal of the cops who brutally beat Rodney King in 1991. The mass protests which the ruling class called “riots” sparked one of the deadliest acts of retaliation by the state and police in US history, producing more casualties, 54 dead and 2,000 injured, than any civil unrest since the Civil War.
2. Protests continue in Los Angeles in response to fascist immigration raids
