Police declared all of downtown Los Angeles to be an unlawful assembly area and ordered protesters to go home on Sunday night after a third day of demonstrations against President Donald Trump\u2019s immigration policy that sometimes included burning cars and hurling bottles at officers.<\/p>\n
National Guard troops, deployed by Trump over the weekend to help quell the protests in a move that California Governor Gavin Newsom called unlawful, guarded federal government buildings on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The unrest in Los Angeles has become a flashpoint in Trump\u2019s signature effort to clamp down on illegal immigration.<\/p>\n
The Republican president has pledged to deport record numbers of people who are in the country illegally and to lock down the US-Mexico border, setting the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) border agency a daily goal of arresting at least 3,000 migrants.<\/p>\n
California state and local officials, mainly Democrats, accuse Trump of inflaming initially small-scale protests by mounting a federal response. He calls the protesters insurrectionists.<\/p>\n
Several self-driving cars from Alphabet\u2019s Waymo were set ablaze on a downtown street on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles police said some protesters had thrown concrete projectiles, bottles and other items at police. Police declared several rallies to be unlawful assemblies and later extended that to include the whole downtown area.<\/p>\n
Police on horseback tried to control the crowds. Some officers used flash-bang grenades and tear gas, CNN reported.<\/p>\n
Demonstrators shouted \u201cShame on you!\u201d at police and some appeared to throw objects, video images showed. One group blocked the 101 Freeway, a downtown thoroughfare.<\/p>\n
City Police Chief Jim McDonnell told a media briefing on Sunday evening that people had a right to protest peacefully, but the violence he had seen by some was \u201cdisgusting\u201d and the protests were getting out of control.<\/p>\n
Police said they had arrested 10 people on Sunday and 29 the previous night, adding that arrests were continuing.<\/p>\n
Newsom blames Trump
\nNewsom, a Democrat, said he requested the Trump administration withdraw its order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County, calling it unlawful.<\/p>\n
Newsom said in a post on X on Monday that he planned to sue the administration over the deployment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is exactly what Donald Trump wanted. He flamed the fires and illegally acted to federalise the National Guard. The order he signed doesn\u2019t just apply to CA. It will allow him to go into any state and do the same thing,\u201d Newsom said, using California\u2019s abbreviation. \u201cWe\u2019re suing him.\u201d<\/p>\n
In response, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt posted on X that \u201cNewsom did nothing as violent riots erupted in Los Angeles for days.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if the National Guard was needed, the police chief, McDonnell, said police would not \u201cgo to that right away,\u201d but added, \u201cLooking at the violence tonight, I think we\u2019ve got to make a reassessment.\u201d<\/p>\n
In a social media post, Trump called on McDonnell to do so. \u201cHe should, right now!!!\u201d Trump added. \u201cDon\u2019t let these thugs get away with this. Make America great again!!!\u201d<\/p>\n
The White House disputed Newsom\u2019s characterisation, saying in a statement, \u201cEveryone saw the chaos, violence and lawlessness.\u201d<\/p>\n
Earlier on Sunday, about a dozen National Guard members, along with Department of Homeland Security personnel, pushed back a group of demonstrators outside a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, video showed.<\/p>\n
The US Northern Command said 300 members of the California National Guard had been deployed to three spots in the Los Angeles area.<\/p>\n
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told CBS programme \u2018Face the Nation\u2019 that the National Guard would provide safety around buildings to people engaged in peaceful protest and to law enforcement.<\/p>\n
\u2018All action necessary\u2019
\nThe Trump administration\u2019s immigration enforcement measures have also included residents who are in the country legally, some with permanent residence, spurring legal challenges.<\/p>\n
In a social media post on Sunday, Trump called the demonstrators \u201cviolent, insurrectionist mobs\u201d and said he was directing his cabinet officers \u201cto take all such action necessary\u201d to stop what he called riots.<\/p>\n
Despite Trump\u2019s language, he has not invoked the Insurrection Act, an 1807 law that empowers a president to deploy the US military to suppress events such as civil disorder. Asked on Sunday whether he was considering doing so, he said, \u201cIt depends on whether or not there\u2019s an insurrection.\u201d<\/p>\n
Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Saturday the Pentagon is prepared to mobilise active-duty troops \u201cif violence continues\u201d in Los Angeles, saying Marines at nearby Camp Pendleton were on high alert.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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