Special Response Teams (SRTs) are tactical units under ICE that use BearCat tracked vehicles, long guns and tactical vests in operations considered high risk. They were used in the raid on Sean “Diddy” Combs’ home, for example. They were most recently used in Los Angeles and are seen as among the reasons protests began.

The showdown with one of California’s most prominent political leaders raised the temperature over President Trump’s crackdown and the protests that erupted in Los Angeles, and have