Emails show Trump official urged beating protesters: ‘No one likes being hit by a stick’

Emails obtained through a public records request show a Trump administration official urged federal agents to use violence against protesters during unrest tied to immigration crackdowns, according to a new report.

The messages, shared with the Los Angeles Times, involve Joseph Mazzara, a State Department employee who previously served as acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security.

In a June 11 email, Mazzara wrote that agents confronting demonstrators should have escalated their response...