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Los Angeles rebelled against deportations
After partly violent protests, Donald Trump sends the national guard to Los Angeles – a mission that is controversial. Pictures of the argument in the city of the angels.
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.
According to a report by the “New York Times”, it is the first time in 1965 that a US president sends the national guard to a state without the request of the respective governor. Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama at the time – to protect civil rights demonstrators.
Los Angeles: Governor criticizes the use of the national guard
The governors of the states are actually responsible for the use of the National Guard. In his directive, however, Trump refers to Article 10 of the United States Code, which refers to the armed forces. Among other things, it states that the president may appoint the national guard if “there is a rebellion or the risk of a rebellion against the authority of the United States”. Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said that the National Guard sending the “lawlessness” should be combated, which prevails in Los Angeles.
California’s democratic governor Gavin Newsom condemned Trump’s approach. “This step is intentionally stirring and will only tighten the tensions,” said Newsom. He accused Trump that the mission was wrong and that trust is undermined.
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.
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Source: Stern
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