Leftists love riots.

And in San Diego, city officials are doing their best imitation of Portland or Minneapolis in encouraging the most damaging of riots over ICE raids against illegal immigrants.

The result is this:

Most of these tweets are from leftists, but they give the flavor.

Worse still, city officials are egging them on:

San Diego Democrat City Councilman @SeanEloRivera is having a meltdown on Instagram—dropping the N-word, saying “F” Donald Trump, calling ICE “state-sponsored terrorism”, “criminals”, “jackbooted thugs”and labeling fellow Americans “fascist.”
Not a great Saturday for Sean. pic.twitter.com/TMkwlpLFrn

— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) June 1, 2025

‼️Update: My original post about California Democrat City Councilman @SeanEloRivera calling @ICEgov “terrorists” has reached the White House. pic.twitter.com/vUjwYHC3T6

— Amy Reichert (@amyforsandiego) May 31, 2025

The only thing these agents were doing was enforcing U.S. immigration law, which up until recently, Democrats supported. The flash bangs and smoke grenades had to come out after the group attempted to stop lawmen by force. Raids on churches, as Aguirre claims? Never happened.

Now they're yelling 'fascist,' 'terrorist' and other dreck at what are clearly lawful operations, revealing a pretty significant disconnect with reality.

What's more, it's not a matter of 'cruelty' or the manner of enforcement, as some claim: ICE was forced into this kind of enforcement because San Diego is a major sanctuary city, meaning, local law enforcers are not permitted to help federal law enforcement pinpoint criminal lawbreakers for apprehension. That necessitates the fishing-trawler-style of enforcement raids seen here, supposedly on just busboys, because it's the only tool the lawmen have left.

They could have done it the easy way, and cooperated with the lawmen. Instead, they chose the hard way, then followed up with riots, with the more cynical among them wanting it that way, the better to get the cameras out there. And a few days ago, they were actually warned.

It's the same dynamic that made Portland and Minneapolis hellholes, driving away law-abiding residents, investment, and business, leaving a lot of boarded-up (or burned out) shops as a result.

Meanwhile, it seems there's always more to the enforcement story than the media and the activists let on -- and it tends to get out. The press accounts called the apprehended in San Diego "bus boys" but rather incuriously didn't ask whether these people had criminal pasts or ongoing criminal activity on the side, as has been the case of "Maryland Man" Kilmar Abrego-Garcia, who seemed to have a lot of gang activity and wife-beating under his belt, the typical doings of a "Maryland dad," as they marketed him to the public.

The same model seems to be on display here. I can't tell if this is the same raid on the restaurant or not, but this is what the lawmen are looking for:

So amid all the 'bus boy' drivel regarding this raid, I have a funny feeling the public isn't going to buy it.

There's no excuse for politicians egging on thuggery against lawmen just doing their jobs. In light of the results in Portland and beyond, it's going to lead to more violence and eventually going to come back to bite them.

Image: ICE, via Flickr // public domain