"Joseph Mazzara, then-acting DHS general counsel, suggested that federal agents should have 'just started hitting the rioters and arresting everyone that couldn't get away' during an anti-ICE protest in Los Angeles."
"Mazzara expressed disbelief at the 'battering ram incident' and stated, 'No one likes being hit by a stick, and people tend to run when that starts happening in earnest.'"
Internal emails from the Department of Homeland Security revealed that a lead attorney proposed using force against protesters during an anti-ICE demonstration in Los Angeles. Joseph Mazzara, then-acting DHS general counsel, suggested that federal agents should have arrested everyone who could not escape when protesters attempted to breach a protective line. His comments were made in the context of a lawsuit filed by California Governor Gavin Newsom regarding the deployment of National Guard troops. The Department of Homeland Security did not respond to requests for comment.
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