Protests in California: US public prosecutor: National Guard within 24 hours on site

According to media reports, the National Guard is to be used in Los Angeles within 24 hours to contain the sometimes violent protests against the deportation of migrants. This is written by the “New York Times”, citing a high official of the Trump government. The state of California has the obligation to maintain order and public security, said the supreme public prosecutor in South California, Bilal A. “Bill” Essayli, in an interview. “And at the moment they are not able to do the one in Los Angeles.”

Previously, US President Donald Trumps had decided to send 2,000 soldiers of the National Guard to the protests in Los Angeles. In the United States, states usually have control over the national guard, which is a military reserve unit and part of the US forces. Their commitment to the President’s command against the will of the state is a massive escalation.

The violent protests broken on Friday and occasionally are directed against the security forces of the US immigration authority ICE, which migrants arrested without valid papers to deport them. According to government information, some demonstrators threw stones, among other things. More than 120 people were arrested on Friday and other protests on Saturday, especially in the Paramount district, which is mainly inhabited by migrants from Latin America, said Essayli of the newspaper.