Gateway Pundit reporter Elijah Schaffer has been shot with a rubber bullet and a tear gas canister while covering the increasingly violent ongoing riot in Los Angeles.
The riot is part of the “No Kings” protests, which are taking place nationwide on Saturday.
An unlawful assembly was called at the LA protest in the late afternoon, and Schaffer filmed the United States Marine Corps and National Guard working together for crowd control.
National Guard and USMC together
Meaning US soldiers are making physical contact with American citizens during this unrest https://t.co/BD4AiuNuGO
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: USMC makes contact with citizens and uses force to pushback the crowd from the federal building
US soldiers are directly making physical contact with protestors in LA pic.twitter.com/9IWA9tVy1o
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
After the unlawful assembly was declared, Schaffer documented multiple people in confrontations with officers and reported that there were “multiple injuries.”
BREAKING: unlawful assembly called in LA
Multiple inured pic.twitter.com/1cKZajAIAX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: unlawful assembly declared in Los Angeles pic.twitter.com/Uky4rzWmhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
BREAKING: unlawful assembly declared in Los Angeles
Police are clearing the crowds, which are now holding their position near the Federal Building
Everyone is slowly being kettled in. Here we go pic.twitter.com/jt1XUWjoyX
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 14, 2025
Shortly after 5 p.m. local time, Schaffer wrote that “police are using tear gas and crowd control munitions to break up the crowd.”
“Though I identified as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer still shot me with a rubber bullet,” Schaffer reported. “Another shot a tear gas can at me. They are targeting press.”
LOS ANGELES: police are using tear gas and crowd control munitions to break up the crowd
Though I identified as press and had my badges / credentials displayed, an officer still shot me with a rubber bullet
Another shot a tear gas can at me. They are targeting press pic.twitter.com/Y2gWVX4WhK
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
Schaffer reported that “5,000-10,000 people still remain” in the protest area, despite the crowd control measures and promises of arrests.
BREAKING: LAPD declares unlawful assembly / riot for No Kings Protest in LA
Sheriff, LAPD, USMC, NG, CHP and DHS are creating a city wide perimeter and trying to disperse the crowd
About 5,000-10,000 people still remain in the city. All businesses have closed. Freeways closed pic.twitter.com/wQ1lpFNzYd
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
BREAKING: crowds surge as police fail to contain the unlawful assembly. There is nonstop munitions, flash bangs and endless tear gas being used
Press is being targeted along with the unruly protestors pic.twitter.com/xOIjn6YWb9
— E (@ElijahSchaffer) June 15, 2025
The riot in Los Angeles is ongoing and The Gateway Pundit will continue to provide updates as the situation unfolds.
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