Attorney General Pam Bondi sent a clear message to those rioting and protesting against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportations in Los Angeles, California.
During an interview on Fox News with anchor Sean Hannity, Bondi said Los Angeles “looks like a Third World country” amid riots and mayhem in the city over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
“What we’re going to do is we are going to enforce the law, regardless of what they do. Look at it out there, it looks like a Third World country, and it’s not. It’s the United States of America. We are not standing for it,” Bondi said.
The attorney general went on to announce that the Department of Justice would federally prosecute people who assault state and federal law enforcement officers.
“If California won’t protect their law enforcement, we will protect the LAPD and the sheriff’s office out there,” Bondi said.
Bondi revealed that nine people are already facing federal charges in connection with the protests, “and more to come,” for offenses such as assaulting law enforcement and looting.
- “What we are going to do is we are going to enforce the law regardless of what they do. Look at it out there, it looks like a third world country and its non. It’s the United States of America. We are not standing for it and Donald Trump won’t stand for it. Look at all this — the great men and women in the LAPD. We would to protect them. If they will not protect them and prosecute people that abuse the l.a.p.d. in terms during a civil unrest under 18 USC 2:30:1, we can prosecute federally people who assault state law enforcement officers with a maximum of five years in prison, and we are going to do it,” Bondi said.