Tensions in Los Angeles escalate as thousands take them to the streets to protest Trump’s National Guard deployment
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated on Sunday. The extraordinary development of the National Guardblocked major highways and burned self-driving cars as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets and flash bangs to control crowds.
Many protesters were dispersed when they collapsed in the evening, and police declared illegal parliament. This is the predecessor of officers who arrest those who leave and do not leave. Some of the remaining people threw things at police from behind a makeshift barrier that spans the width of the street, while others threw concrete, rocks, electric scooters and chunks of fireworks at California Highway Patrol Officer and California Highway Patrol Officer parked on the closed South 101 Freeway. The officers ran under the elevated train and hid.
Sunday’s protests in Los Angeles, a vast city of 4 million people, were concentrated in several blocks downtown. It was the third and most intense day of demonstrations against Trump’s immigrant crackdown, as the arrival of about 300 security forces spurred rage and fear among many residents.
Security guards were specially deployed to protect federal buildings, including downtown detention centers, where protesters were concentrated.
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said the officers were “overwhelmed” by the remaining protesters. He said they included regular agitators who appeared at the demonstrations to cause trouble.
Dozens of people were arrested throughout the protest weekend. One was taken into custody on Sunday for throwing a Molotov cocktail to police, and the other was taken into custody for plunging a motorcycle into a police line.
Trump responded to McDonnell in a true society and told him to arrest protesters with face masks.
“It looks really bad in LA!!!” he wrote.
The clash escalates when the National Guard arrives
From the morning, the army stood shoulder to shoulder, carrying long guns and riot shields as protesters cried out “shame” and “I’ll go home.” After some approached the guards closely, another set of officers in uniform advanced in groups, shooting them into the street through a smokey canister.
Minutes later, the Los Angeles Police Department fired crowd-controlled force ammunition to disperse the protesters. Many of the groups then moved to block traffic on the 101 highway until state patrol officers cleared them off the road by late afternoon.
Nearby, at least four self-driving Waymo cars were on fire, sending large plume black smoke into the sky, causing intermittent explosions as the electric cars burned. By evening, police had issued illegal congressional orders closing several blocks in downtown Los Angeles.
The flash bang echoed every few seconds until the evening.
The governor says there is no need for security guards.
Democrats’ government Gavin Newsom demanded that Trump remove security guardsletterOn Sunday afternoon, they call their development a “serious violation of national sovereignty.” He was meeting local law enforcement agencies and officials in Los Angeles.
The deployment appeared to be the first time in decades when the state’s National Guard had been revitalized without demand from the governor.Large-scale government deportationeffort.
Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass denounced increasingly aggressive protests over Trump’s decision to deploy security guards, calling it a move designed to rob tension. They both urged the protesters to maintain peace.
“What we’re seeing in Los Angeles is the chaos caused by the administration,” she said at an afternoon press conference. “This is about another agenda and not about public safety.”
However, LAPD chief McDonnell said the protests followed a similar pattern for episodes of civil unrest, with things increasing on the second and third days.
He opposed the Trump administration’s claim that the LAPD could not help federal authorities when protests broke out Friday after a string of immigrant attacks. His department responded as soon as possible and was not in advance to protest as he had not been notified prior to the attack, he said.
Meanwhile, Newsom has repeatedly said that California officials are in control of the situation. He laughed Trump on msnbc for posting congratulatory messages to security guards on social media before he arrived in Los Angeles, saying he would never deploy security guards during his call Friday. He called Trump a “cold stone liar.”
The warning did not stop the administration.
“It’s a lie for Newsom to claim that Los Angeles was fine before President Trump was involved,” White House spokesman Abigail Jackson said in a statement.
The development continues with days of protest
The National Guard’s arrival spread to Paramount, the Latinx city south of the city on Saturday, following a two-day protest that began in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, andNearby Compton.
Federal agents arrested immigrants in Los Angeles fashion district Home Depot In the parking lot and several other locations on Friday. The next day they were staging at the Department of Homeland Security office near another Home Depot in Paramount. Federal authorities later said that Home Depot had no enforcement activities.
The weekly tally of immigrant arrests in the LA area exceeded 100, federal authorities said. Many more were arrested during the protest. This includes prominent union leaders accused of obstructing law enforcement.
The protests did not reach the scale of previous demonstrations that took the National Guard to Los Angeles.WhatsandRodney King Riot,And in 2020, Newsom protested against police violence that demanded support from the federal forces.
According to the Brennan Judicial Center, the National Guard last became active without the governor’s permission in 1965.
Trump says there is “very strong law and order.”
inOrderOn Saturday, Trump invoked a legal provision that allowed federal service members to be deployed when there was “a risk of rebellion or rebellion against the authority of the US government.”
He said he approved the deployment of 2,000 members of the National Guard.
Trump told reporters he is ready to board the Air Force in Morristown, New Jersey, and on Sunday there are “violent people” in Los Angeles.
he askedWill send troops to Los AngelesTrump replied: “We’re going to have an army everywhere. We’re not going to let this happen to our country.” He didn’t elaborate.
About 500 Marines stationed in Twentin Palms, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, said Sunday afternoon “ready to deploy status,” according to the Northern US command.
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