Los Angeles police officers outside the Metropolitan Detention Center while demonstrators gather in consequence to ICE raids in Los Angeles, 6 June 2025. © Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times / Getty Images
Australian writer Lauren Tomasi was hit with a rubber ball while reporting immigration riots in Los Angeles, as confirmed by her and her employer.
The incidental occurred on Sunday erstwhile Tomasi, a 9News Australia correspondent, ended a live coverage close the Metropolitan Detention Center, where anti-terrorism police were facing demonstrators.The officer behind Tomasi abruptly fired a bullet that hit her in the leg.‘I'm a small sore, but I'm fine.” She wrote Tomasi on X after the incident."This is just 1 of the unfortunate realities of reporting specified incidents.
It was a truly unstable day on the streets of Los Angeles” said 9News.
The Australian Department of abroad Affairs issued a message stating that "journalists should be able to do their occupation safely".Protests and riots began on Friday after immigration officials detained respective casual workers in a Home Depot store parking lot in the Westlake territory of Los Angeles.
President Donald Trump ordered in consequence the sending of the National Guard, which California politician Gavin Newsom rejected as illegal.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/618875-Australian-journalist-hit-bullet-la/
