Nothing to see here, just some peaceful protesters roasting hot dogs on some burning police cars.
That was the message Sunday from ABC-7 Los Angeles anchor Jory Rand who uttered a line that will be remembered for years on social media where he assured viewers that rioters were just having fun watching cars burn.
“It could turn volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation,” Rand told the audience.
Now, keep in mind that social media initially identified the anchor as Marc Brown. Not so, say Los Angeles locals. They say that’s actually ABC-7’s other propagandist, Rand, on the mic.
WATCH: ABC News wants you to know what is happening in California isn’t a violent riot.
It’s “just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn.” — ABC 7’s Marc Brown. pic.twitter.com/xjiQZJyuDq
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) June 9, 2025
You can’t bring in the police to stop people from burning cars because it would ruin their fun, right Jory?
Here’s what’s funny about Jory: If this was happening in his neighborhood where his wife and kids live, Jory would be calling for the National Guard to protect them. When hoodrats are lighting cars on fire with Molotov cocktails and fireworks in other neighborhoods, it’s just people cooking half-chickens over a Waymo-fueled fire.
No biggie. Let them have some fun. Burn more cars until everyone is tired of having FUN and then it’s time to all go home to get rested up for work and/or another summer day of causing havoc.
The remains of a burned Waymo vehicle in the street following a night of protests in response to federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, on Sunday. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
A worker cleans a wall in Fletcher Bowron Square near the Edward Roybal Federal Building, following a night of protests in response to federal immigration operations. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)
Damaged law enforcement vehicles in Los Angeles, California, US, on Sunday. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Here’s where Jory throws it to one of his reporters as they both downplay what’s going on in Los Angeles
ABC-LA reporter Tim Caputo wouldn’t even call what went down over the weekend a “riot””
@ABC7Jory and @ABC7TimCaputo are a couple of idiots. Cars on fire, rioters throwing e-scooters and chunks of concrete from overpasses onto CHP vehicles on the 101, but it’s not a riot. And if it is a riot it’s just a small one. And small riots are ok. They’re just photo ops!
— The_Clampdown (@TheClampdown) June 9, 2025
Viewers react to Jory Rand and Tim Caputo’s coverage of the Los Angeles rioting
@ABC7Jory can I just say you’re the biggest woke journalism I’ve ever seen. I stopped watching channel 7 news just because of you. You’re supposed to be neutral and report the news you should just go work for CNN.
— mrruss16 (@mrruss16) June 9, 2025
Just watched your spot on the L.A. riots. How did you become such a leftist? Very embarrassing for you. Kind of stupid actually.
— John Ekonomou (@atty1chgo) June 9, 2025
The city is burning due to socialist funded organizations and you are just lapping up leftist talking points. What a knob!
— North Side Anthony 🇺🇸 (@chicagoanthony_) June 9, 2025
Bring back whoever the anchor was before @ABC7Jory got put on @ABC7. He’s a partisan hack. We went from “look at our tax dollar being wasted and destroyed” to full-on #TDS
— Iron Patriot Oregon (@IronPatriotOR) June 9, 2025
