Police to begin 'mass' arrests amid curfew in downtown LA
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Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman said 500 National Guard members have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations.
National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.
The second night of a curfew took place in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday, as local law enforcement backed by several thousand members of the National Guard attempt to restrain violent protests and prevent vandalism.
Thousands of troops and hundreds of US Marines have been deployed to the city by US President Donald Trump to quell the demonstrations. Nearly 400 people have so far been arrested, including 330 undocumented migrants and 157 people arrested for assault and obstruction, including one for the attempted murder of a police officer.
The Marines and the National Guard personnel deployed amid the protests in to Los Angeles will operate under the same rules of force and will not be engaging crowds unless necessary, according to two U.S. officials.
President Trump’s assertions that federal troops have saved the city from destruction did not appear to reflect reality.
Monday's protests were largely calmer than Sunday's clashes. California officials insist that the 4,000 National Guards troops and 700 active duty Marines en route to L.A. are an unnecessary abuse of power by Trump.
The Trump administration has deployed the California National Guard in response to protests in Los Angeles that began Friday evening over immigration enforcement operations, which resulted in some clashes between demonstrators and authorities,
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