DC demonstrators justify violent tactics seen in anti-Trump riots

The demonstrators outside the military parade on Saturday in the national capital did not explicitly condemn the violent tactics used during the anti-top demonstrations across the country in recent days, with at least one saying that he “supports fully (s)” the recent tactics used by the demonstrators in Los Angeles, as the launch of the rocks.

“I am my constitutional rights, I am here simply by simply saying what I want to feel. No one here is violent. As you can see, there has been no conflict,” said a collegial age demonstrator who refused to identify but spoke to Fox News Digital.

“But aren’t you worried about being confused with those who make violence?” The activist was requested.

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“I mean if they want to violate the Constitution, it’s on them. I can’t worry about it,” said the protester. “I mean, maybe I should (worry), but I believe in this constitution, I will live by it, I will support my first amendment.”

Waymo burned cars line the street in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. The vehicles were put into flame by rioters. (Derek trembled for Fox News Digital)

A separate protester present outside the Saturday parade said that he “fully argued” the activists who “want to throw rocks as long as they do not hurt anyone in the process.

“Honestly-they have the right to be angry. They have the right to do what they feel like they have to do to stop this problem, to stop fascism,” he said. “And, honestly, I fully support that. I fully support if they are angry and they want to go out and they want to throw rocks. As long as they don’t hurt anyone, you know, I can understand, I can honestly do.”

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A police officer strives to put out a fire during a demonstration in Compton, California, on Saturday June 7, 2025, after the federal immigration authorities carried out operations. (Ethan Swope)

The anti-Trump demonstrations that coincided with the military parade on Saturday saw some isolated incidents of violence but mostly appeared peaceful. However, the weekend was preceded by violent riots in Los Angeles who spread to other cities such as New York and Chicago-recalling anti-political demonstrations after the death of the minneapolis George Floyd man in the summer of 2020.

The Los Angeles demonstrators threw stones on the police and several fires across the city broke out in the middle of chaos. There were damage to federal buildings, including both immigration and non-immigration offices, which included graffiti threatening the lives of federal officials. At least one community care office for veterans, managed by the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, was forced to close and cancel hundreds of appointments in the midst of violence. Many have been arrested for confrontation with the police and the reverberations of the riots resulted in other tense clashes between the police and the militants across the country.

Although no death was directly attributed to political violence during recent demonstrations across the country, notably in Los Angeles, deaths took place during certain demonstrations across the country. In UTAH, an innocent spectator was shot dead by a man who had been part of the peacekeeping team of the demonstration, according to information, while in Los Angeles, a man was found dead outside a T-Mobile store looted in the middle of anti-ice chaos, according to information.

The peaceful DC demonstrators suggested that they were not in favor of violence, but they have reported that they have understood why the demonstrations in recent days through the country have been so intense that they led to violence against the police, goods and sometimes more.

“I mean, personally, I wouldn’t do it, but I can understand after all that, as people are enough. People are fed up with the way the government has treated people,” said a protester at Fox News Digital on Saturday. “Republicans, the people of Congress, they don’t care about people here, and so I can understand why people are so angry to do something like that, so, yes, I understand perfectly.”

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The anti-Trump demonstrators of a military parade discuss the constitutional rights of protest and their understanding of the reasons for which certain protests across the country have become violent. (Fox News / Getty Images)

“I think it’s bad to create violence, but, as, he said, I mean, I think people have been angry for a long time,” added a second manifestor, noting that he thinks that Trump is the reason to blame for all aggressive tactics, like launching rocks, putting fires and vandalism.

“What Trump does, he knows the polarization and the anger he provokes, so it is part of his match plan. The National Guard in Los Angeles, he provoked this.

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Another demonstrator present on Saturday, who spoke to Fox News Digital, said that she thought that “being abrasive” was against the interests of those who were trying to make changes, but that “history has proven that sometimes an assault is necessary”.

“All the respect for them, I think they do what they think is fair, but I think that being very abrasive is against our interests, in fact. I think that pushes many people, that does not really promote the conversations we need,” said a demonstrator who identified herself as Sophie said. “I do not think that being aggressive is the way to follow, but I think that history has proven that sometimes an aggression is necessary, therefore, but I do not want to be abrasive.”