- California seeks a restriction order against Trump in a federal court.
- 700 US Marines. Uu. They will be in the streets of Los Angeles for Thursday or Friday.
- The protests will grow with 1,800 planned anti-trump manifestations.
California will face Washington in the Court on Thursday for the deployment of the US troops of President Donald Trump in Los Angeles after the protesters returned to the streets in the main cities to protest Trump’s immigration repression.
Some 700 American Marines will be in the streets of Los Angeles for Thursday or Friday, said the Army, to support up to 4,000 national guard troops to protect federal properties and federal agents, even in immigration raids.
Trump’s decision to send troops to Los Angeles for the objections of the governor of California Gavin Newsom has caused a national debate about the use of the military on American soil and even more polarized the country.
Street protests have exploded in multiple cities in addition to Los Angeles, including New York, Chicago, Washington and San Antonio, Texas.
A federal judge in San Francisco will listen to arguments on Thursday as part of California’s lawsuit against Trump. The State requests a temporary restriction order to block the participation of troops in the activities of application of the law.
California finally wants a judicial ruling that returns his national guard to the state control and declares that Trump’s action was illegal.
Los Angeles’s protests exploded last Friday in response to a series of immigration raids. Trump, in turn, called the National Guard on Saturday, then summoned the Marines on Monday.
“Los Angeles was healthy and healthy during the last two nights. Our great national guard, with a little help from the Marines, put the Los Angeles police in a position to do their job effectively,” Trump published on social networks on Thursday. “Everyone worked well together, but without the army, Los Angeles would be a crime scene as we have not seen in years.”
State and local leaders dispute that, saying that Trump has only increased tensions with an unnecessary deployment of federal troops, while democrats nationwide have condemned their action as an authoritarian.
Trump is carrying out a campaign promise to deport immigrants, using blunt tactics consisting of the political style that breaks the norm that chose it twice.
Los Angeles endured on Wednesday a sixth day of protests that have been largely peaceful but occasionally scored by violence, mostly contained in some blocks.
In the center of Los Angeles, shortly before the second night of a curfew about an area of a square mile (2.5 km square) on Wednesday night, the police said that the protesters in a place threw fireworks and commercial grade rocks to the officers.
Another group of almost 1,000 protesters marched peacefully through the city center when the police suddenly opened fire with less lethal ammunition in front of the City Council.
Marlene López, 39, Native to Los Angeles, was demonstrating when Flash Bangs exploded a few meters away.
“I am here for the fact that our human rights are being raped every day. If we surrender, it is over. We have to defend ourselves here in Los Angeles so that the nation follows us,” López said.
An indeterminate number of arrests was made, in addition to about 400 in the previous days.
The New York Police said that an unknown number of people had been arrested on Wednesday after saying on Tuesday that 86 had been arrested, of which 34 were arrested and accused, while the others received a summons in the criminal court.
The protests will expand on Saturday, when several activist groups have planned more than 1,800 anti-Trump demonstrations throughout the country. That day, the tanks and other armored vehicles will rumble through the streets of Washington, DC, in a military parade that marks the 250th anniversary of the US Army. UU. And will coincide with Trump’s 79th birthday.
Marines trained for crowd control
The American Marines will join the National Guard troops in the streets of Los Angeles within 48 hours, authorities said Wednesday, and would be authorized to detain anyone who interferes with immigration officers in raids or protesters facing federal agents.
A 700 Marines battalion had concluded the specific training of the Los Angeles mission, including the de -escalation and control of the crowd, said the United States northern command in a statement.
The Marines would join the National Guard under the authority of a federal law known as Title 10, not to carry out civil surveillance but to protect federal officers and properties, the military said.
“Title 10 forces can temporarily stop an individual in specific circumstances, such as stopping an assault, avoiding damage to others or avoiding interference with the federal staff who performs their functions,” said the North Command.
The eldest general of the US Army. UU., Scott Sherman, who commands the Marines and Guards’s working group, told journalists that the Marines will not carry their rifles with live ammunition, but they will wear live rounds.
