Will LA protect those arrested in the riots?

Published June 11, 2025 6:34pm ET



WILL LA PROTECT THOSE ARRESTED IN THE RIOTS? Hundreds of people have been arrested so far in several days of anti-law enforcement rioting in Los Angeles. What will happen to them?

Some are in serious trouble. For example, the Justice Department announced Wednesday that one man now in custody, Emiliano Garduno-Galvez, allegedly “lit and threw a Molotov cocktail over a wall where Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were engaging in crowd control activities and then ran away.” Right now, Garduno-Galvez faces charges of possession of an unregistered destructive device, which carries a possible 10-year prison sentence. But it is possible he will also face an attempted murder charge.

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