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Maxine Waters\u2019 presence outside the federal detention center turned a routine protest into a national flashpoint. She framed the crowd as citizens defending constitutional rights even as pepper balls and gas drifted through the air. Hours later, police declared an unlawful assembly, reported rocks and metal projectiles hurled at officers, and moved in with tactical units as dumpsters blocked loading docks and thousands choked the surrounding streets.<\/p>\n

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Mayor Karen Bass tried to walk a razor\u2019s edge: defending the urgency of protests against the Trump administration\u2019s immigration crackdown while warning that broken windows and street battles only strengthen the very forces demonstrators oppose. Citing the arrests, the possibility of military deployment, and even Don Lemon\u2019s prosecution under the FACE Act, she cast the moment as a test of whether a 250\u2011year\u2011old democracy can survive when dissent, policing, and politics collide in the same cloud of tear gas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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