LA Mayor Bass downplays anti-ICE riots as limited to small part of city, says 'zero comparison' to 1992 unrest

Democratic Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says what is happening successful her metropolis does not comparison to the 1992 Rodney King riots that followed the acquittal of achromatic constabulary officers who were videotaped beating the Black motorist. 

Despite a increasing database of arrests, tens of thousands of radical taking to the streets and curfew enactment successful place, Bass told CNN's "State of the Union" connected Sunday that this is thing similar what happened much than 30 years ago.

"There is zero comparison," Bass told big Dana Bash. "I was astatine the epicenter erstwhile it was occurring." 

"It was a citywide civilian unrest," she continued. "It was the nation's worst successful presumption of the astir costly, the fig of radical died, the fig of radical arrested. There is nary comparison. And unfortunately, that is what is being pushed, arsenic though the metropolis is successful chaos, there's civilian unrest everywhere. For astir Angelenos, they're like, what metropolis are they describing? They are decidedly not describing Los Angeles."

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A instrumentality enforcement serviceman fires a less-lethal projectile during a protestation Saturday, June 14, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (Noah Berger)

Bass said the anti-ICE riots are occurring wrong 1 to 2 quadrate miles of a metropolis that is 500 quadrate miles. While speaking with Bash, she acknowledged that some constabulary officers and rioters were injured during the unrest.  

The politician criticized ICE raids for their economic impact, noting the construction, manner and edifice industries.

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A Los Angeles constabulary serviceman shouts astatine a demonstrator during a protestation Saturday, June 14, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (Noah Berger)

"The disruption and the fearfulness that has been caused by the raids has truly had a devastating effect and has been a bodyblow to our economy. I don't deliberation the president understands that we person full sectors of our system that cannot relation without migrant labor," she said. 

On Saturday, the country took a crook from peaceful to convulsive arsenic rising unrest spurred police to deploy teardrop gas. 

Los Angeles constabulary detain a antheral during a protestation connected Saturday, June 14, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (Ethan Swope)

"The objection has taken the street. A DISPERSAL ORDER has been issued for each persons located connected Alameda southbound of Aliso and North of Temple to instantly permission the area," the LAPD wrote successful a informing connected X.

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"People successful the assemblage are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and different objects. Less lethal has been approved. Less lethal whitethorn origin discomfort and pain. It is advised that each persons permission the area," different alert read. 

Fox News Digital's Stepheny Price, Christina Coleman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.