We Have The Answer For “Who Are The People In Lime Green Hats” At The Anti-ICE Riots

Numerous people on X have asked, “Who are the people in lime green hats” at the Los Angeles riots?

People in lime green hats have been spotted at the anti-ICE riots in LA and other demonstrations in Chicago, Las Vegas, and New York.

If you haven’t noticed them yet, take a look:

Anti-ICE rioter in Chicago gets chased down Tuesday by police with the action caught on drone camera.

A lot of people tried to interfere with the arrest. Pay attention to the woman with the bright green hat and red top.

It’s nuts how little respect these people have for police. pic.twitter.com/VKbaqG76YO

— Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 (@Bubblebathgirl) June 11, 2025

Orchestrated or organic? More #LimeGreenHat (s) in LA. Orchestrated. See my previous posts for more. https://t.co/YfqflzubPl pic.twitter.com/neJyOlHEJw

— Beka (@AuthorAnnBaker) June 7, 2025

LA Protests/Riots

There are 2 sides.
Peaceful protests which start earlier then the Agitators and Antifa turn up once they’ve got out of Bed.
Same old tactics.
Backed by the National Lawyers Guild, Green Hats.

These 2 girls are brave against bullies.https://t.co/0AUJHyEzV8 pic.twitter.com/jK03dAjjCY

— Yana Bonnes ⏳ (@BonnesYana) June 11, 2025

Fk these people in green hats. They are out there to file lawsuits on behalf of F'ing stupid people that do listen to the cops and get f'ed up when being taken into custody. If you're adult enough to be a paid actor then your adult enough to get what you get pic.twitter.com/FJEzXpYIhv

— Dravenwolf🇺🇲Viking Marine🇺🇲 (@AkDravenwolf) June 12, 2025

So who are they?

Well, they are National Lawyers Guild legal observers.

The NW Sidebar broke down what NLG observers do:

Perhaps you’ve seen us at a march or rally, or wandering around the former Capitol Hill Occupied Protest (CHOP). You can’t miss the green hats; they’re the brightly colored beacons that let everyone know who we are and why we are there. Or perhaps you heard about us in the news after we, too, were subjected to the police’s use of blast balls and pepper spray.

We are National Lawyers Guild legal observers.

The National Lawyers Guild was founded in 1937 as a progressive bar association; one of the first bar associations in the country to be racially integrated. Our mission is “to use law for the people, uniting lawyers, law students, legal workers, and jailhouse lawyers to function as an effective force in the service of the people by valuing human rights and the rights of ecosystems over property interests.” NLG’s aim is to “… bring together all those who recognize the importance of safeguarding and extending the rights of workers, women, LGBTQ people, farmers, people with disabilities, and people of color, upon whom the welfare of the entire nation depends; who seek actively to eliminate racism; who work to maintain and protect our civil rights and liberties in the face of persistent attacks upon them; and who look upon the law as an instrument for the protection of the people, rather than for their repression.”

NLG advocates on many fronts, including environmental justice, progressive drug policy reform, prison abolition, labor movement support, international human rights work, and of course, protection of the right to protest. It is that protection that is the heart of our legal observer and mass defense programs. Our mass defense program includes legal observation on the ground, know your rights trainings, jail hotlines and jail support for those who are arrested during protests, and legal representation in protest cases.

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The Role of the Legal Observer

We only provide legal observers for events that align with our mission and our values. As legal observers, we are there to document any interactions with police, especially those that could later have criminal or civil legal consequences. We do so by establishing an attorney-client relationship with the group we are observing for, so that our work can be protected by attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrines. In the Seattle chapter, we limit legal observer work to those who are law students, lawyers, or legal workers who understand the sensitive nature of the confidential relationship that is the basis for our work.

We are an all-volunteer organization. We seek to provide as much legal protection as possible for the protesters we are there to support. To maintain these legal boundaries, we cannot give legal advice on the ground while we’re observing, we cannot participate in the protest or the planning, and we must try to maintain some separation from the group during the event. We are not event security. We are not there to monitor or judge protesters’ actions or tactics, or pass judgment on “good protesters” or “bad protesters,” a distinction our chapter rejects. We do not work with police or law enforcement agencies or act as liaisons between them and the protesters.

The bright green hats have re-emerged!
The “National Lawyers” Guild has n their Legal Observers roles

Likely handing out cards to all the would be rioters & the organisers who direct they/them https://t.co/yPnEkYe66f pic.twitter.com/3Rog8Wz2z5

— Squiggles 🦎` (@_anooshehnouri_) June 10, 2025

These riots look more and more inorganic each day.

What’s your take?