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Search results for "LAPD used their 'first responder' drones to spy on No Kings protests and anti-ICE protests"

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X posts stated on June 08, 2025 in X posts:
Video shows a police car burning during June 2025 Los Angeles protests.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 9, 2025
Facebook posts stated on October 22, 2019 in a Facebook post:
"Antifa Fascist Fangirl Tulsi Gabbard posing with Evan Duke, leader of Portland Antifa and Occupy ICE."
By Miriam Valverde• October 30, 2019
Donald Trump stated on October 05, 2025 in a statement to the media:
“Portland is burning to the ground.”
By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• October 7, 2025
Donald Trump stated on January 21, 2026 in a speech in Davos:
Protesters against the federal immigration crackdown in Minnesota are conducting “fake protests done by agitators and professional insurrectionists. …They're professional troublemakers.”
By Maria Briceño, Amy Sherman• January 26, 2026
TikTok posts stated on June 09, 2025 in a video:
Craigslist ad was “recruiting people for LA ‘protests.’”
By Maria Briceño• June 12, 2025
X posts stated on June 09, 2025 in an X post:
Video shows Marine Corps attack helicopter over Los Angeles in response to immigration raid protests.
By Gabrielle Lazor• June 16, 2025
Viral image stated on April 02, 2020 in a Facebook post:
Says video shows “the Chinese are destroying the 5G poles as they are aware that it is the thing triggering the corona symptoms.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• April 7, 2020
Viral image stated on April 10, 2019 in a Facebook post:
A photo of Muslim women with the words "Down with the USA" written on their hands was taken in Michigan.
By Samantha Putterman• April 11, 2019
Corey Stewart stated on June 30, 2018 in in a Facebook live video:
"Tim Kaine doesn’t want a border at all. He wants to get rid of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and basically the border patrol as well."
By Bill McCarthy• July 3, 2018
Donald Trump stated on October 19, 2025 in an interview:
“Fifty percent of the presidents, almost, have used (the Insurrection Act). And that's unquestioned power.”
By Maria Ramirez Uribe• October 22, 2025
X posts stated on June 16, 2025 in X posts:
Image shows accused shooter Vance Boelter wearing a “Resist” shirt.
By Loreben Tuquero• June 18, 2025
X posts stated on June 09, 2025 in X post:
Video shows woman exiting her car during the 2025 Los Angeles protests, shouting, “I have babies in the car!”
By Ella Moore• June 12, 2025
X posts stated on October 18, 2025 in an X post:
Video shows “No Kings” protest in the United Kingdom.
By Maria Briceño• October 20, 2025
Viral image stated on July 19, 2021 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows people protesting against “vaccine tyranny” in France.
By Ciara O'Rourke• July 21, 2021
Progressive Change Campaign Committee stated on February 14, 2011 in an email blast to supporters:
Says Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker "has threatened to call out the National Guard if workers protest against" changes to bargaining laws.
By Tom Kertscher• February 16, 2011
TikTok posts stated on June 09, 2025 in a video:
Video shows Los Angeles protesters chanting “We are Los Angeles” in June 2025.
By Ella Moore• June 11, 2025
Facebook posts stated on June 14, 2020 in a Facebook post:
“Antifa now banging on residents’ doors in Seattle, demanding food & supplies. If they don’t get it, the house gets vandalized.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• June 18, 2020
Bloggers stated on August 14, 2017 in Internet posts:
Says there is proof Democrats hired actors to plan violence in Charlottesville.
By Joshua Gillin• August 18, 2017
Facebook posts stated on July 29, 2024 in a Facebook post:
Photo shows Israeli swimmers protesting Olympic rules by spelling out “bring them home.”
By Ciara O'Rourke• August 6, 2024
Facebook posts stated on July 20, 2020 in a text post:
“Portland goon squads were Blackwater contractors not federal officers.”
By Daniel Funke• July 29, 2020

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By Maria Ramirez Uribe• June 11, 2025

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By Daniel Funke• June 10, 2020

Timeline: Was the California National Guard at LA protests when Trump thanked them?

By Madison Czopek, Ella Moore• June 9, 2025

Can Florida drivers run over protesters without consequence? No, that’s not what the law says

By Louis Jacobson• June 13, 2025

Chris Wallace asked why Vladimir Putin’s critics end up dead. Here are the details

By Manuela Tobias• July 19, 2018

In Context: What did Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey say about police fighting ICE?

By Maria Briceño• January 16, 2026

Where are Ted Cruz’s Muslim neighborhoods?

By W. Gardner Selby• March 23, 2016

What we know about the ‘outside agitators’ being blamed for campus protests

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu, Loreben Tuquero• May 6, 2024

What is the Insurrection Act? Does the US president have plenary authority?

By Samantha Putterman• October 14, 2025

Looking at the facts behind Rep. Steve King's criticism of Emma Gonzalez

By Allison Graves• March 26, 2018

Can Trump ban protesters from wearing masks? How states have used anti-mask laws before

By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 12, 2025

LA protests: What US law says about Trump’s deployment of CA National Guard, U.S. Marines

By Gabrielle Lazor, Amy Sherman• June 10, 2025

Quick year-end quiz

By Tom Kertscher• December 31, 2014

Fact-checking claims that George Soros is ‘paying student radicals’ involved in campus protests

By Madison Czopek• May 2, 2024

Did Texas House protesters hold signs declaring 'selves illegal immigrants?

By Fauzeya Rahman• June 1, 2017

The week in fact-checking: Renaming military bases, Trump rally

By Angie Drobnic Holan• June 20, 2020

Matt Rinaldi offers different accounts of 'illegal immigrant' signs blamed for his calls to ICE

By W. Gardner Selby• June 2, 2017

Ask PolitiFact: What is antifa, and why is it all over my timeline?

By Daniel Funke• July 2, 2020

How a House speaker could kick some lawmakers off committees

By Louis Jacobson• December 19, 2022

Fact-checking misinformation about the George Floyd protests in Minneapolis

By PolitiFact Staff • May 29, 2020