As protests and sporadic violence continued for a third day following a series of federal immigration raids, Mayor Karen Bass Sunday labeled Los Angeles a city in “chaos” — and blamed the Trump administration for a “chaotic escalation.”

“What we’re seeing in our city is chaos provoked by the Trump Administration,” the mayor said in newsletter that began with the salutation “Dear Angeleno” and was emailed under the banner of the city logo.

“When you raid Home Depots and workplaces, when you tear parents and children apart, and when you run armored caravans through our streets, you cause fear and panic,” the letter went on. “And deployment of federalized troops on the heels of raids is a chaotic escalation.”

The five-paragraph missive — sent around 8:30 p.m. Sunday, following a third day

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