A senior Los Angeles official has revealed that his daughters were arrested during the ongoing riots in the city, with authorities saying they allegedly assaulted a police officer with a deadly weapon.
The twins allegedly assaulted a police officer with a deadly weapon during the chaotic Los Angeles riots. Facebook/Katherine Aguilar Perez
Rick Cole is a former mayor of Pasadena, California. Instagram/@rickcolepasadenaRick Cole, the chief deputy controller of LA, told a rally that his 26-year-old twin daughters, Lucia Aguilar and Antonia, were taken into custody Sunday night, according to LA Mag.
“I’ve just seen pictures of my two daughters on a curb in downtown Los Angeles in handcuffs. So I’m going to be figuring out where they are so I can go bail them out,” Cole, a former mayor of Pasadena, told demonstrators outside a hotel in the city on Sunday, where there had reportedly been ICE raids early that day.
LA outlets said the sheriff’s department claimed the sisters assaulted a police officer.
Lucia Aguilar and Antonia were taken into custody around 7 p.m. Sunday after being arrested during violence that saw rocks and other objects hurled from a bridge onto police vehicles on the 101 Freeway below, according to LA Sheriff’s Department records seen by the Daily Mail.
Cole reportedly said his 26-year-old twin daughters, Lucia Aguilar and Antonia, were taken into police custody during the LA riots. Instagram/@rickcolepasadena
Rocks and other objects have been hurled at cops and squad cars set on fire amid the chaotic LA riots. ALLISON DINNER/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Around 700 Marines and 2,000 National Guard members were deployed by Trump to maintain order in Los Angeles. Toby Canham for NY PostThe unrest in Los Angeles is continuing into a fifth day today, with around 700 Marines and an additional 2,000 National Guard members deployed by President Trump to maintain order.
