A former Los Angeles police officer who was on duty during the 1992 Rodney King riots fears “history is repeating itself” as chaos continues over anti-ICE protests.

And he says that California’s leaders and the Trump administration need to stop acting like they’re in “high school” and work together to restore order.

“History is repeating itself, and this time we’re dealing with a lot of violence against police officers,” former LAPD detective Moses Castillo told Fox News. “They’re throwing bottles of cocktails, they’re throwing cinder blocks, you name it.”

Castillo saw firsthand the destruction LA suffered when swaths of the city were burned by rioters outraged over the 1992 acquittal of four white LAPD officers who were filmed savagely beating King, who was black, during a DUI stop that turned into a car chase.

That was the last time the National Guard was called into LA to quell public violence – until President Trump ordered troops in over the weekend after protests over ICE arrests of illegal immigrants descended into destruction.

And Castillo thinks this time around the choas is being fuled by social media and the internet — in a way that wasn’t possible during the King riots.

“Here, people are upset about the immigration policies of this current White House administration,” he said. “The difference also being … we’re in a time where social media is instant. Images are going up there, so it’s easy to get the word out and get people down to come in and create chaos.”

And leaders in California — LA Mayor Karen Bass and Gov. Gavin Newsom – and President Trump are doing little to help as they bicker with each other through the media, Castillo thinks.

“To me, that’s like going back to high school, really. I think they wanted to do is come to the table. Let’s have a face-to-face, let’s have a meeting, let’s hash out the issues, and let’s find solutions,” he said.

“They’re not united in this front,” he added.

Bass is particularly responsible for the chaos, Castillo said, explaining that she waited far too long to draw a hard line for law and order.

“She’s now trying to play catch up,” Castillo said. “I think if she would have been very more forceful in the beginning that we’re not gonna tolerate these crimes and allow police officers to do their job and arrest people on site, I’d think it would have been different.”

He added: “Instead, she’s now saying it now that these crimes would not be tolerated, looting would not tolerated. But it’s a little bit too late.”

Nearly 200 protestors and looters were arrested on Tuesday night alone, according to the LAPD.

Many were arrested after they occupied the 101 freeway, a major LA artery.

And almost 100 were arrested Monday night.

Many face charges ranging from assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, looting, failure to disperse and arson. At least one person was charged with attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail.

In addition to the thousands of National Guard troops already in the city, Trump ordered 700 Marines to LA  on Monday to help protect federal buildings.

In addition to the thousands of National Guard troops already in the city, Trump ordered 700 Marines to LA  on Monday to help protect federal buildings.