JAKARTA - Apple Tower Theater, Apple's iconic store in downtown Los Angeles, was targeted by looting during a massive protest against the ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) immigration raid on Tuesday night, June 10, 2025.
According to a KTLA local news station report, on the fourth night of a series of protests, a group of rioters broke the glass and entered the Apple Store. They reportedly stole various Apple products such as the iPhone, Apple Watch, MacBook Pro, to the charger. A scribble of slogans such as No ICE was found sprayed into a broken window window window.
Video uploaded by independent journalist Brendan Gutenschwager shows dozens of looters running in the shop before the police sirens are heard. Gutenschwager also reported that all stolen iPhones now display messages on the screen: "Please return to Apple Tower Theater. This device has been deactivated and is being tracked. Local authorities will be notified."
Apple Tower Theater itself is a historic building that used to be a cinema, was abandoned since the 1980s, then restored by Apple and reopened as the Apple Store in 2021. Apart from being a retail store, this building is also used as a classic music performance room.
Protests were spreading in various corners of downtown Los Angeles, and a number of other shops were also victims of looting. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the protests were triggered by increased ICE activity under Donald Trump administration.
"I'll take you back to last Thursday," Bass Mayor told KTLA. Nothing happened that day that confirmed a massive raid on Friday. There's no reasonable reason.
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Bass added that at the beginning of his term of office, the Trump administration promised that raids only target dangerous criminals. But now how can a drug dealer go to Home Depot? To the workplace people who only want to earn a living ?
According to ABC News, the protests were sparked by ICE's actions on June 6 which chased a number of individuals in the Home Depot parking lot. A day later, President Trump deployed 2,000 National Guard members to Los Angeles and called the protests "foreign invasion."
On June 9, the FBI declared the entire protest as an "illegal meeting", and an additional 700 Marines from the 2nd Battalion, the 7th Regiment deployed from Twentynine Palms to the city. On June 10, the number of National Guard troops in LA increased to more than 4,000 people.
Apple has yet to provide an official statement regarding the damage to its store, but currently the store has been temporarily closed and all broken windows are being replaced.
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