As protests and sporadic violence continued for a third day following a series of federal immigration raids, Mayor Karen Bass on 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 of protests, and with armed National Guard troops deployed by Trump now on the ground in Los Angeles — also warned protesters to refrain from violence and not “fall into the Administration’s trap.”

“Angelenos have the right to make their voices heard through peaceful protest,” Bass’ statement said, adding, “Violence is unacceptable. No one should be put in danger — not law enforcement, not protesters. I urge everyone to be peaceful.

“The fear people are feeling in our city right now is very real —it’s felt in our communities and within our families.”

Bass also included video of part of her address Sunday to the people of Los Angeles, available at youtube.com/watch?v=2wnKo0mUbpo.

In the brief video clip, Bass said, “Our city has been through a lot since the beginning of the year, and now, thinking that there is a large percentage of our city that is terrified, that is not going to know if they go to sleep tonight and they go to work or they go to school, will that be the last day they do that, will that be the last day they see their family? We can’t have this in our city.

“Los Angeles is a city of immigrants, where 50% of the population is Latino, a percentage of the populations are from Asian countries and from all over the world — and we embrace all Angelenos. It doesn’t matter where you came from or when you got here.

“But the most important thing right now is that our city be peaceful, and so protests and expressing your … fears, your beliefs, is appropriate to do, but it is just not appropriate for there to be violence. And I don’t want people to fall into the chaos that I believe is being created by the administration, completely unnecessarily.”

Bass ended the written portion of her statement by again referencing a “chaos” theme — saying, “It is clear that the Administration is pushing an agenda — there is clearly no plan other than chaos.

“We will rise above it.”