Waymo problems in La La Land as robotaxis set aflame

Video Five Waymo robotaxis were torched on Sunday during protests against the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency's efforts to detain and deport suspected undocumented immigrants.

Social media footage from the protests shows the automated cars covered with graffiti and on fire. Some reports suggest protesters actually summoned the vehicles to the site, but sources familiar with the matter say the five cars torched were not specifically summoned - they just happened to be around.

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"We are in touch with law enforcement," a Waymo spokesperson told The Register.

The Los Angeles Police Department declined to offer any further information.

"We can't confirm any of that stuff," an LAPD spokesperson told The Register. "We saw just the same thing that everybody else did on TV."

"We're just going to say actual vehicles were damaged, not a Waymo, not Uber, not anything like that. We don't ...