US EditionWaymo Autonomous Taxis Torched During Downtown Los Angeles Immigration Protests
- Thousands demonstrated for a third consecutive day on Sunday across central Los Angeles and the Boyle Heights neighborhood in response to recent federal immigration enforcement actions.
- The demonstrations followed clashes with authorities on Friday and Saturday, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard members to Los Angeles.
- During Sunday’s protests, marchers blocked the 101 Freeway and gathered at the Metropolitan Detention Center where LAPD declared an unlawful assembly.
- Protesters attacked several Waymo autonomous taxis downtown by slashing tires, smashing windows, setting cars on fire, and spray-painting anti-ICE slogans.
- The unrest and vehicle destruction highlighted Los Angeles as a flashpoint in the immigration debate, triggering police warnings and a National Guard presence to maintain order.
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Waymo Suspends Downtown LA Service
Sunday was a rough day for robotaxis in Los Angeles. Five of Waymo's self-driving vehicles were torched by protesters, and the company has suspended service in downtown LA. The company, a subsidiary of Google's parent company Alphabet, tells USA Today that service was suspended to the area "out of an...
Waymo Suspends Service In Parts of SF and LA After Its Cars Were Vandalized In ICE Protests
Waymo is suspending service Monday in parts of San Francisco and Los Angeles following acts of vandalism on Sunday that targeted the robocars in both cities, amid raucous protests against ICE activities and the Trump administration.As anti-ICE protests are being organized Monday both in Civic Center and at 24th and Mission streets in San Francisco — the former at 4 pm and the latter at 6 pm — autonomous taxi company Waymo is suspending service i…
At least five autonomous electric cars I-Pace of Waymo were burned during protests that became violent in Los Angeles at the end of the week. What is the reason for this vandalism against electric cars? These...
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