Calls for a probe into the funding behind the Los Angeles riots reached the United States Senate on Wednesday, with Josh Hawley (R-MO) being the first Republican to do so publicly.
For days, news from Los Angeles has shown rioters donning pricey face shields, earphones, and other protective gear in preparation for battles with cops and immigration agents, all as a result of a weekend immigration raid by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Even established media leaders in the City of Angels have condemned the provision of such gear, which conceals demonstrators’ faces while protecting them from less-lethal crowd control measures employed by the National Guard and Marines.
It all piqued Hawley’s interest, and he said on Wednesday that he will conduct an inquiry into the violence as chairman of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism.
“Who is funding the LA riots? This violence isn’t spontaneous,” he wrote on social media.
