Reporters covering rightwing
protests have been assaulted, robbed and sprayed with mace as victims say
police fail to enforce the law
Los Angeles has seen volatile protests almost every weekend this summer over trans rights, political opposition to masks and vaccines, and the recall of the
Democratic governor. At least seven journalists have been physically assaulted while covering these rallies, six of them by rightwing demonstrators.
Attacks on the press are just one part of escalating rightwing street violence in the city, which has included multiple stabbings, people being sprayed in the face with bear Mace, an assault on a breast
cancer patient outside a clinic, and repeated physical brawls with leftwing
protesters in the streets. In another sign of growing tensions, protesters rallying against vaccine mandates showed up at the homes of two
Los Angeles city council members on Sunday.