Los Angeles: The troops of the National Guard sent by Donald Trump collided with the protesters. Were drawn tear gas
Thousands of Los Angeles, angered by Donald Trump's decision to request the National Guard of their state, invaded the streets around the City Hall and the Federal Court on Sunday night. Tear gas was drawn against the crowd.
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The protests against immigration started in Los Angeles since Friday night, leading to clashes between protesters and authorities. Later, Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum for 2,000 members of the National Guard in Los Angeles, to disperse the protests.
And the members of the National Guard collided with protesters in Los Angeles on Sunday. The confrontation broke out in front of the metropolitan detention center in the city center, while a group of protesters shouted insults to the guard members.
“We will send everything we need to ensure that there is law and order“, Trump told reporters, according to The Standard.
It was for the first time in the last six decades when the National Guard of a State has been activated without a request by its governor. The US president took this measure while violence escalated, the police using tear gas and sticks in confrontation with protesters.
Trump has signed a presidential memorandum of the troops of the National Guard to “approach the anarchy that was left to mocke“, The White House said in a statement.
Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said on Saturday that the federal government is preparing to “take control of the California National Guard“, Calling the movement”intentionally inflammatory“And who do not”will only make the tensions escalate”.
He posted on X that Trump held the National Guard “not because there is a deficit of law enforcement, but because they want a showl “, adding:”Don't give them one. Never use violence. Express yourself peacefully“.
Trump's reaction
In a post on Social Truth, President Trump has been unleashed against Mayor Karen Bass and the governor of Los Angeles, Gavin Newsom, whose name seems to have intentionally written.
“Governor Gavin Newscum and the “mayor” bass should apologize to the Los Angeles inhabitants for the absolutely horrible job they have done, and this now includes the ongoing revolts in Los Angeles. They are not protesters, they are scandal and insurgents. Don't forget, without a mask!“
In a subsequent post, he suggested that the demonstrators were paid, writing: “Paid insurgents!”
Los Angeles police reaction
The head of the Los Angeles police, Jim McDonnell, described some protesters, in a press conference, as “anarchists”. He said that people were shooting in police with “commercial fireworks”, who “can kill you.” The Los Angeles police arrested 10 people on Sunday, and another 29 people were arrested on Saturday night. Three officers were injured, The Guardian reports.
Regarding the development of the National Guard, the head of the Los Angeles police, Jim McDonnell, said: “I think we would have traveled a series of stages before carrying out the national guard or requesting (this)”.
“Do we need them? Well, if we look at tonight, this thing got out of control“He added.
Trump told reporters that soldiers “must ensure that there is law and order” on the third day of disorders.
The last reaction of the governor of Claifornia
In a new X post, the governor of California, Newsom, continued to criticize the US President.
“Donald Trump has made a crisis and inflames the conditions. If he cannot solve it we will do it“He said, according to The Guardian.
