Watch a Rioter Throwing Fireworks at Police Allegedly Catch a Rubber Bullet to the Face

Now the Left and Democrats will say that the Los Angeles riots are getting violent.

Independent journalist Aldo Buttazzoni was on the ground in Los Angeles, embedded with rioters who were chanting “Peaceful protest!” while their buddies were dropping fireworks from the rooftops on police officers.

Chants of “Peaceful Protest!” ring out as demonstrators on the roof drop fireworks on police. This prompted officers to return fire, striking one of the men in the face with a crowd control munition.

I was also hit with what I believe is a pepper ball and something made of… pic.twitter.com/Y8BZNxvE29
— Aldo 🌞 (@AldoButtazzoni) June 10, 2025

"… glass exploded overhead."

A lot of the videos coming out of Los Angeles, which Mad Maxine Waters told you not to believe, are infuriating, but there are some feel-good clips mixed in among them. Take, for example, this shot of one of the rooftop rioters catching a rubber bullet in the face.

That’s going to leave a mark…

Close up / slowed down footage of a protester who was throwing fireworks at the Police getting shot directly in the face with a crowd control munition. https://t.co/EJrfzpMDiN pic.twitter.com/XWPfCnDmxK
— Tayler Hansen (@TaylerUSA) June 10, 2025

The moment LAPD responded to a rioter reportedly throwing fireworks at them from above, the man took a rubber bullet to the face:

Video by: @TaylerUSA pic.twitter.com/KWBLA7wTGa
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) June 10, 2025

We can't confirm that it was a rubber bullet. Taking a lesson from Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014, the police might have been firing foam earplugs.

Oh, that’s a shame.
— MILO (@Nero) June 10, 2025

They need more of this.
— Riccardo (@NonCalpestarmi) June 10, 2025

Dude dropped faster than retail theft charges under Gavin Newsom
— Evan Flay (@Evan_Flay) June 10, 2025

Here's an overhead shot from KABC:

#BREAKING KABC live stream captures chaos on an LA rooftop—people scrambling as someone is SHOT and goes down ....

What’s happening in Downtown Los Angeles?

This is escalating fast pic.twitter.com/hnTa0v3HaF
— Culture War Report (@CultureWar2020) June 10, 2025