America’s protests in the eyes of the Arabs .. What is happening in Los Angeles? | news

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A city witnessedAnd Angeles In the state California The American is an unprecedented in the severity of tensions, which prompted Arab social media platforms to interact widely with the current events, after officers from the immigration law enforcement agency arrested dozens of people on charges of immigration violations.

And with thousands of demonstrators descending to the streets in protest against the US President’s decision Donald Trump By deploying forces from the National Guard, the protesters closed roads and burned vehicles, to develop confrontations to the use of law enforcement forces, tear gas, rubber bullets and vocal bombs in an attempt to control the crowds.

A tagged, such as Los_Alsenos, was burning, Los_Sall and California, the digital interaction square, where thousands of tweeters shared their comments and opinions on the developments of the crisis.

Activists expressed their amazement at the transformation of the “city of angels” into what they described as “a forest governed by violence”, expressing their concern about the loss of security control, and some considered that the scene reflects the depth of the political differences in the United States during the Trump era.

Others saw in Trump’s decision regarding the deployment of the National Guard an unprecedented escalation for decades, and they expected more escalation, especially in light of the aggravating dispute with the mayor of the city and the breadth of the gap between the ruler of California and the American president, while talking about filed lawsuits and mutual threats.

The protests were reflected on the comments of the tweeters, as some of them resorted to the mockery of the chaos that spread the city, similar to what is happening in the riots and turmoil that some Middle East countries are witnessing.

In a satirical comment, one of the accounts wrote on the circulating videos: “The tribes’ revolutionaries in Los Angeles are ambushes Trump’s forces. There is no homeland and there is no time.”

Twitter people expressed their surprise at what the situation in what they consider to be advanced countries and a model of modernity, asking: “Is this the civilized West in its most beautiful pictures in 2025?”

Others asked about the scenes of the police repression of the demonstrators, describing this as “rejected views”, calling for the revitalization of the role of civil society organizations in defense of the rights of the protesting youth.

On the other hand, many saw that the United States “reaps the harvest of its policies in the Arab countries, especially in Gaza,” where they accused Washington of supporting what they described as the Israeli aggression that has been going on for two years on the Strip.

Arab writers and media considered that what is happening in Los Angeles exceeds protests on immigration policies, to reach the limits of a “battle in the form of power”, stressing that the country is going through a articulated moment “in which the people meet with power and the future struggle with a past that has not been held accountable.

Bloggers demanded that the lights be kept on Los Angeles to monitor the dealings of “the country of democracy and freedom of demonstration” with the protests, warning of “the state slipping to employ force at the expense of rights.”

Others questioned the legitimacy of Trump’s legal steps, especially after the expulsion of approximately 2.5 million immigrants, asking about the fate of their families and their future in light of the ongoing fear.

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