When the immigration raids on Latino communities began in June, a burning, graffiti-ed Waymo in the streets of Downtown Los Angeles quickly became a symbol of the L.A. protests.
Hundreds of videos and images surfaced across social media of driverless vehicles spraypainted with messages, such as “FUCK ICE” and “ANIMO RAZA!!!”, and set ablaze on Los Angeles Street between Alameda and Arcadia.
For better or worse, the burning Waymo effigy was transformed into a resistance symbol—a flaming middle finger to tech overlords, AI, and the police surveillance state.