Just saw this posted on Bluesky, where the OP also helpfully linked to a source for it. There are a few people in the comments calling it fake, which is understandable given that the government’s got to propagandise about how bad the situation is—and, from what I read by people who are actually there, it’s confined to just one very small bit of LA and the rest of the city is carrying on normally—and have been deploying old photos of riots and so forth from, you know, not even the US never mind LA. Also, in the age of AI, we should be suspicious of images like this… but, given that we are evidently looking at the handiwork of Etienne Laurent from AFP, I think I have to credit this as one of the most immaculately timed photos I’ve ever seen.
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