Los Angeles (AP) – The tear was fired at Los Angeles protesters on Sunday, when some demonstrators moved near the National Guard troops and called out insults on them, hours after the exclusive deployment of the military in President Donald Trump on the Gubert’s objections.
The confrontation erupted when hundreds of people protested in front of the Center for the detention of the capital city in the center of Los Angeles, where several of the newly admitted troops of the National Guard stood side by side behind the plastic riots.
Video showed uniformed officers who fired smoke full of smoke as they progressed on the street, forcing protesters to withdraw. It was not clear immediately what prompted the use of chemical irritants or which law enforcement agency had fired them.
Minutes later, loud cracks burst again as some protesters chant “Home home” and “shame.” One person is taken to the ground by uniformed officers. It seems that another is bleeding from their head.
About 300 troops at the National Guard arrived in Los Angeles early Sunday on Trump’s orders, which accused governor Gavin News and other Democrats of failing to secure the recent protests aimed at immigration agents.
This move has seemed for the first time in decades that the National Guard of the State is activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who seek to interfere with the efforts to massage the administration.
Deployment follows days of protest
The deployment followed two days of protests, began on Friday in the center of Los Angeles, before spreading to Paramount on Saturday, a highly Latin American city south of the city and the neighboring Compton.
As federal agents set up a placement area on Saturday near a home depot in Paramount, the protesters tried to block vehicles on the border patrol, with some throwing scales and pieces of cement. In response, agents at Riot Gear have unleashed tear gas, flash-bang explosives and pepper balls.
The tension was high after a series of soft from immigration authorities the previous day, as a week, which consists of immigrant arrests in the city, climbed over 100. A prominent leader of the Union was arrested while protesting and accused of preventing law enforcement.
The deployment of the National Guard came to the objections of Gavard Gavin Newo, who accused Trump of “complete over -reaction” designed to create a spectacle of force.
Recent protests remain far smaller than past events that led the National Guard in Los Angeles, including Watts and Rodney King Riots, and protests in 2020 against police violence in which Newsom requested the assistance of Federal troops.
The last time the National Guard was activated without the governor’s permission was in 1965, when President Lindon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama, according to the Brennan Justice Center.
Trump says there will be “very strong law and order”
In a directive on Saturday, Trump referred to a legal provision that allows him to unleash the members of the Federal Service when there was a “rebellion or danger of rebellion against the power of the United States government”.
He said he had authorized the deployment of 2000 members of the National Guard.
Trump told reporters while preparing to get on Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, on Sunday, there were “violent people” in Los Angeles, “and they will not get out of it.”
Asked if he plans to send us troops to Los Angeles, Trump replied: “We will have troops everywhere. We will not let this happen to our country. We will not let our country be torn apart as it was under Biden.” He has not developed.
Trump also said that California’s employees, who cease to deportation, could face charges. A Wisconsin judge was arrested last month on charges of helping a person avoid immigration authorities.
“If the employees remain in the path of the law and the order, yes, they will face charges,” Trump said.
Newsom called Trump on Friday night and they talked for about 40 minutes, according to the governor’s office. It was unclear if they spoke on Saturday or Sunday.
There was some confusion about the exact moment of the arrival of the security. Shortly before midnight local time, Trump congratulated the National Guard for “well done work”. But less than an hour later, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the troops had not yet arrived in the city.
The Minister of Defense threatens to unleash the active Marines if the violence continues. “
In a statement on Sunday, Assistant Internal Security Minister Trisha McLaughlin has accused politicians and protesters in California for “protecting disgusting illegal alien criminals at the expense of Americans’ safety.”
“Instead of riots, they should thank the icy employees every day who wake up and make our communities more favorable,” McLaughlin added.
The troops included members of the 79th California Army combat team of the National Guard, according to a post on social media by the Ministry of Defense.
In a signal of the aggressive approach of the administration, Defense Minister Pete Heget also threatened to unleash the active Marines “if the violence continues” in the region.
Vermont senator Bernie Sanders said Trump’s order reflects “President who quickly moves this country to authoritarianism” and “usurping the powers of the United States Congress”.
Home Chairman Mike Johnson, an unwavering Trump ally, approved this move to the president, doubled Republican criticism of the California Democrats.
“Gavin Newsom has shown an inability or unwillingness to do what is needed, so the president intervened,” Johnson said.
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Offenhartz reported from New York. Associated Press writer Michel Price has contributed to this report by Bridgewater, New Jersey.