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Fact check: Who is funding roits in lA
1. Summary of the results
The funding of LA protests/riots involves multiple confirmed sources and is currently under investigation. Key funding streams include:
- Government grants to CHIRLA (Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights), which increased from $12M to $34M [1]
- Billionaire Neville Roy Singham, who has alleged ties to the Chinese Communist Party [1] [2]
- Organizations including:
Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) [3]
SEIU-CA and Million Voters Project [1]
ActBlue [3]
Senator Josh Hawley has launched an official investigation into these funding sources [4], and the FBI is actively investigating potential financial and logistical networks supporting the protests [2].
**2. Missing context/alternative viewpoints**
Several crucial contextual elements are missing from the original question:
- The distinction between riots and protests is important - there's evidence of significant disinformation regarding the scale of unrest [5]
- Social media platforms are amplifying sensationalized content:
AI-generated videos and conspiracy theories are being spread on X and TikTok [6]
The actual situation in Los Angeles is being dramatically exaggerated online [5]
- The events appear to be specifically related to anti-ICE protests, rather than general unrest [2]
**3. Potential misinformation/bias in the original statement**
The original question's framing ("riots") itself contains potential bias:
- The term "riots" may be misleading, as sources indicate there were protests with some clashes, rather than widespread riots [5]
- Multiple groups benefit from different narratives:
Political figures like Rep. Andy Biggs benefit from pushing the "outside influences" narrative [2]
Social media platforms benefit from engagement generated by sensationalized content [6]
Various political organizations benefit from either emphasizing or downplaying the scale of unrest
- The events were not spontaneous but carefully planned [1], though this planning doesn't necessarily indicate malicious intent