A series of Waymo vehicles burned on a street on June 8, 2025 during an anti-Ice protest in the city center of Los Angeles, California.
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In the city center of Los Angeles, on Sunday in downtown Los Angeles in downtown Waymo vehicles in the city center of Los Angeles, widespread protests against President Donald Trump's procedure were against the immigration of President Donald Trump.
A spokesman for the alphabetThe company confirmed that five Waymo vehicles near the protests were destroyed and could not be called up. Waymo suspended the service in the protest area until it was considered safe, the spokesman added.
Waymo reacted with the guidance of the Los Angeles police department, said the spokesman.
A Waymo car burns on the street when Rauch blogs into protests during the protests in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025.
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The protests broke out in downtown LA on Friday after the immigration and the customs authority in the city and the surrounding communities had carried out raids. Demonstrations were largely peaceful, but the tensions flammed on Saturday and Sunday, with the police with demonstrators near the metropolitan detention center in the city center of LA.
The members of the California National Guard arrived in the city on Sunday after Trump signed a command for the use of 2,000 soldiers in response to the protests. Gavin Newsom Gavin Newsom in California said that the state is planning to submit a lawsuit against the Trump government after “acting illegally for the federalization of the National Guard”, Newsom wrote in a post on X.
Trump informed the reporters in front of the White House on Monday afternoon that he would support the arrest according to Trump's border zar Tom Homan, Tom Homan, the governor, the mayor of La, Karen Bass, and all others who disabled the enforcement measures in California.
The remains of a burned Waymo vehicle on the street after a night full of protests in response to the federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 9, 2025.
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In a photo, a series of waymo robot taxis can be seen in flames, with anti-Ice graffiti scribbling over the hoods and doors of the cars. It is unclear whether the vehicles were deliberately targeted.
Some people were seen as they threw Lime e-scooters into the burning Waymo vehicles, the Los Angeles Times reported.
“Burning lithium-ion batteries fill poisonous gases free, including hydrogen fluoride, the risks for the Responker and those nearby,” said the LAPD in a statement to X.
A shirtless demonstrator is on a Waymo vehicle on June 8, 2025 during an anti-Ice protest in downtown Los Angeles, California.
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A Waymo in the Finanzviertel of San Francisco was devastated with graffiti on Sunday when people support the protests against immigration attacks in LA after a Reddit post abroad. It is unclear how many vehicles were affected.
Waymo offered robotaxi trips in 2024 over 80 square miles from LA. The service also works in parts of San Francisco, Phoenix and Austin, Texas.
The company has more than 1,500 vehicles in its fleet in La, San Francisco, Phoenix and Austin.
Cowen analysts estimate that Waymo vehicles cost 160,000 US dollars each and that the company could have more than 15,000 taxis in its fleet by 2030, as it increases production “dramatically”. The company has a merchanting for alphabet shares.
– Lora Kolodny and Jennifer Elias von CNBC reported on this article.
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