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Is Trump allowed to deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles protests?
Tensions are escalating in Los Angeles after US President Donald Trump's controversial move on Sunday (Jun 8) to send in the National Guard to quell unruly protests over federal immigration raids. California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused Trump of trying to manufacture a crisis, calling the deployment of troops “unlawful” and a "serious breach of state sovereignty".
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Well, tensions are escalating in Los Angeles as clashes flare up in the U.S. city shortly
after President Trump's controversial move to send in the National Guard.
He has also not ruled out deploying active duty Marines.
The president says it's for law and order.
The move is against anti-deportation protesters, but also against the wishes of California
Governor Gavin Newsom.
Tear gas fired as protesters clashed with the National Guard and police, and the military
reserves were deployed after a second night of demonstrations against immigrant raids.
300 guards are in the city at least.
2,000 are expected.
This is the first time in 60 years that a US president has bypassed a local governor
to send in troops.
Mr. Trump vowed consequences for protesters who abuse officers.
Let's cross over now to LA where Philip Crowther is live for us there.
Philip, could you give us the latest on where you are right now and how has the presence
of the National Guard affected the situation?
Well, look, this is the scene in downtown L.A. right now where there have been protests
for the last few hours and also the presence of the police department from Los Angeles.
You can see behind me right now, there's essentially a standoff right now between them using what
we identify as rubber bullets right now and shooting toward actually a group of protesters
up the road.
They are using some makeshift barricades.
there. These are essentially traffic signs, construction signs that they are
using and shielding themselves from these rubber bullets. In the meantime,
we're surrounded by protesters here who also have had some of those rubber
bullets aimed at them. You see these police officers. There are hundreds of
them right now on the streets of downtown L. A. Some on horseback as
well, and they are trying to push these protesters away as much as possible.
What you're not seeing here right now are members of the National Guard.
They essentially have been brought in here to the city of Los Angeles to protect federal
buildings.
The detention center, for example, where illegal immigrants who had been rounded up by the
immigration forces here in LA are being held right now, that's one of the buildings that
they are trying to protect.
We're not seeing them in a direct standoff with protesters, but the LA Police Department
certainly is here and you can see them wielding their so-called less lethal
weapons right now. These are essentially rubber bullets that we are seeing that
are being deployed here. Tear gas a little bit earlier today but we haven't
seen any signs of that over the last few hours.
Philip, I want to ask you a bit about the National Guard deployment. They are going
to be there deployed for at least 60 days. Presumably they're going to be
confronting protesters, you know, trying to break up demonstrations and perhaps a
some of the protesters as well, but what else are they going to be doing apart from all that?
Well, what we've seen in the past when there have been mass protests that have turned violent in
other cities in the United States, Baltimore for example comes to mind or Ferguson, Missouri
as well, what we've seen when there has been National Guard deployed is that they essentially
protect buildings, federal buildings, be it office buildings but also prisons for
example, they don't necessarily get into direct confrontation with protesters as
we can see here it is the LA Police Department that is largely doing that
right now. As we speak we are seeing in the police some of the police officers
