{"id":8306,"date":"2025-06-08T22:02:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-09T05:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8306"},"modified":"2025-06-09T02:12:19","modified_gmt":"2025-06-09T09:12:19","slug":"protests-intensify-in-la-after-trump-deploys-national-guard-troops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/?p=8306","title":{"rendered":"Protests Intensify In LA After Trump Deploys National Guard Troops"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<iframe id=\"ytplayer\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Bf1HNg56MRE?si=SsAV6p3HWWJG0CIA&#038;cc_lang_pref=fa&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n    <button type=\"button\" onclick=\"toggleImage()\" id=\"btnID\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\">\n        \u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647)\n    <\/button>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"image\" src=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n\n<script>\n    function toggleImage() {\n        const image = document.getElementById(\"image\");\n        const imageUrl = \"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Font-Size.jpg\";\n\n        if (image.src === imageUrl || image.src.endsWith(\"Font-Size.jpg\")) {\n            image.src = \"\";\n        } else {\n            image.src = imageUrl;\n        }\n    }\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/insurrection-act-trump-troops-newsom-military-national-guard-a842f79e1c0e244039be274a6f266a7a\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">extraordinary deployment of the National Guard<\/a>, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some police patrolled the streets on horseback while others with riot gear lined up behind Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities including a detention center where some immigrants were taken in recent days. Police declared an unlawful assembly, and by early evening many people had left.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/7af8566\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4320x2880+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fe4%2F2b%2F701d0f8201568bdc56c5fa78e411%2F794cbb5b946b4ed3afb09b023a87dc08\" alt=\"A protester displays a poster as tear gas is used in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A protester displays a poster as tear gas is used in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night\u2019s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>But protesters who remained grabbed chairs from a nearby public park to form a makeshift barrier, throwing objects at police on the other side. Others standing above the closed southbound 101 Freeway threw chunks of concrete, rocks, electric scooters and fireworks at California Highway Patrol officers and their vehicles that were parked on the highway. Officers ran under an overpass to take cover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was the third day of demonstrations against Trump\u2019s immigration crackdown in the region, as the arrival of around 300 federal troops spurred anger and fear among some residents. Sunday\u2019s protests in Los Angeles, a city of 4 million people, were centered in several blocks of downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting in the morning, National Guard troops stood shoulder to shoulder, carrying long guns and riot shields outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles. Protesters shouted \u201cshame\u201d and \u201cgo home.\u201d After some closely approached the guard members, another set of uniformed officers advanced on the group, shooting smoke-filled canisters into the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minutes later, the Los Angeles Police Department fired rounds of crowd-control munitions to disperse the protesters, who they said were assembled unlawfully. Much of the group then moved to block traffic on the 101 freeway until state patrol officers cleared them from the roadway by late afternoon, while southbound lanes remained shut down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/37a31aa\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3694x2462+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F5b%2F7a%2Fa4304963f93037ca591111062087%2F5d4620fca61142a0b36f5d346a68114a\" alt=\"A protestor is detained in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A protestor is detained in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night\u2019s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearby, at least four self-driving Waymo cars were set on fire, sending large plumes of black smoke into the sky and exploding intermittently as the electric vehicles burned. By evening, police had issued an unlawful assembly order shutting down several blocks of downtown Los Angeles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Flash bangs echoed out every few seconds into the evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom requested Trump remove the guard members in a letter Sunday afternoon, calling their deployment a \u201cserious breach of state sovereignty.\u201d He was in Los Angeles meeting with local law enforcement and officials. It wasn\u2019t clear if he\u2019d spoken to Trump since Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their deployment appeared to be the first time in decades that a state\u2019s national guard was activated without a request from its governor, a significant escalation against those who have sought to hinder the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/deportation-immigration-south-sudan-homeland-security-border-b5a4d17d31da3ca81e5e3bc6aadecaf8\">administration\u2019s mass deportation<\/a> efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/f57ae9d\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/4127x2752+0+0\/resize\/599x399!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2F64%2F59%2F8d79bee11f7e6ca739d41db28d45%2F7d7e2eac41064283add639af40e88929\" alt=\"A protester confronts a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)\" style=\"width:780px;height:auto\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A protester confronts a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night\u2019s immigration raid protest. (AP Photo\/Eric Thayer)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Mayor Karen Bass echoed Newsom\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat we\u2019re seeing in Los Angeles is chaos that is provoked by the administration,\u201d she said in an afternoon press conference. \u201cThis is about another agenda, this isn\u2019t about public safety.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their admonishments did not deter the administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a bald-faced lie for Newsom to claim there was no problem in Los Angeles before President Trump got involved,\u201d White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson said in a statement in response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Deployment follows days of protest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The arrival of the National Guard followed two days of protests that began Friday in downtown Los Angeles before spreading on Saturday to Paramount, a heavily Latino city south of the city, and neighboring Compton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Federal agents arrested immigrants in LA\u2019s fashion district, in a Home Depot parking lot and at several other locations on Friday. The next day, they were staging at a Department of Homeland Security office near another Home Depot in Paramount, which drew out protesters who suspected another raid. Federal authorities later said there was no enforcement activity at that Home Depot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Demonstrators attempted to block Border Patrol vehicles by hurling rocks and chunks of cement. In response, agents in riot gear unleashed tear gas, flash-bang explosives and pepper balls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The weeklong tally of immigrant arrests in the LA area climbed above 100, federal authorities said. Many more were arrested while protesting, including a prominent union leader who was accused of impeding law enforcement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The protests did not reach the size of past demonstrations that brought the National Guard to Los Angeles, including the Watts and Rodney King riots, and the 2020 protests against police violence, in which Newsom requested the assistance of federal troops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last time the National Guard was activated without a governor\u2019s permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march in Alabama, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump says there will be \u2018very strong law and order\u2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div>\n<iframe id=\"ytplayer\" type=\"text\/html\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5buvtU-uUY0?si=HbgdoZYQmEDZ7p52&#038;cc_lang_pref=fa&#038;cc_load_policy=1&#038;rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>In a directive Saturday, Trump invoked a legal provision allowing him to deploy federal service members when there is \u201da rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said he had authorized the deployment of 2,000 members of the National Guard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trump told reporters as he prepared to board Air Force One in Morristown, New Jersey, Sunday that there were \u201cviolent people\u201d in Los Angeles \u201cand they\u2019re not gonna get away with it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Asked if he planned to send U.S. troops to Los Angeles, Trump replied: \u201cWe\u2019re gonna have troops everywhere. We\u2019re not going to let this happen to our country. We\u2019re not going to let our country be torn apart like it was under Biden.\u201d He didn\u2019t elaborate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 500 Marines stationed at Twentynine Palms, about 125 miles (200 kilometers) east of Los Angeles were in a \u201cprepared to deploy status\u201d Sunday afternoon, according to the U.S. Northern Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former Vice President Kamala Harris, who lives in Los Angeles, said the immigration arrests and Guard deployment were designed as part of a \u201ccruel, calculated agenda to spread panic and division.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She said she supports those \u201cstanding up to protect our most fundamental rights and freedoms.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u0627\u0646\u062f\u0627\u0632\u0647 \u0632\u06cc\u0631\u0646\u0648\u06cc\u0633 \u0631\u0627 \u0627\u0641\u0632\u0627\u06cc\u0634 \u062f\u0647\u06cc\u062f (\u0641\u0642\u0637 \u0631\u0627\u06cc\u0627\u0646\u0647) LOS ANGELES (AP) \u2014 Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[37,34],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-8306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-featured","category-los-angeles","tag-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8306"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8314,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8306\/revisions\/8314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iranreport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}