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‘Un-American’ or ‘necessary’? Voters divided on Trump’s LA protest crackdown

by The editor•11 June 2025•Posted inBBC US politics

Six Americans tell the BBC that there’s clearly a problem in Los Angeles – they just don’t agree with who’s at fault.

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