LA has continued protests against ICE into the week
Los Angeles Protests against ICE Have Continued In LA Into The Week Here’s What to Know (Sorry, I’m Sorry I Can’t Know)
The Trump administration reacted to the protests in California by sending Marines and National Guard troops to Los Angeles, sparking a heated exchange of views with politicians in the state.
Some violence has occurred during the protests and the Los Angeles police said it was mostly peaceful. Several officials say they have dealt with the president’s intervention.
The Mayor of Los Angeles said that the city is being used as a case study for what will happen if federal government take control of the state or local government.
50 people were arrested in Los Angeles over the weekend, according to the police department. Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell has said the department supports the First Amendment right to assemble.
He said Monday that those who make a choice to cause violence and engage in Vandalia or graffiti will be arrested. Under the guise of protest, there’s no tolerance for criminal activity.
The department said some people were building barricades and throwing objects at officers. Police used tear gas canisters and more than 600 rounds of “less lethal munitions” to disperse the crowds. There were minor injuries to five officers. The LAPD Professional Standards Bureau is investigating if the department used excessive force.
Some of the charges those arrested are facing include attempted murder with a Molotov cocktail, assault on a police officer, looting and failure to disperse, LAPD said. The president of the Service Employees International Union California was released after being arrested.
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Two government officials told NPR Monday that 700 Marines have been deployed to the state. The police chief said he didn’t know about the Marines showing up.
The Los Angeles Police Department and our mutual aid partners have decades of experience managing large-scale public demonstrations, and we are confident in our ability to do so effectively.
On Saturday, President Trump federalized 2,000 National Guard troops for 60 days or whatever duration Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth finds appropriate. Trump additionally said other branches of the armed forces may be dispatched to support. He put in an order for another 2,000 troops Monday.
Trump stated in the order that protests and acts of violence can be considered a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.
McDonnell refuted claims that it took LAPD more than two hours to respond to a federal request for assistance. He said the LAPD did not know federal forces were coming and thus took longer to respond to calls about the protest due to traffic conditions and hazardous conditions caused by tear gas used by federal troops. The department was on the scene in 38 minutes, McDonnell said.
Source: Protests against ICE have continued in LA into the week. Here’s what to know
California’s National Guard is Not a Threat to Public Safety: Gavin Newsom insisted Trump’s State is Sufficiently Enforcing the Law
On Monday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said his state is suing the Trump administration for sending National Guard troops into California. The California Constitution gives the governor control over the state’s National Guard, and that is what the Trump administration is doing.
President Trump claimed on Tuesday that the Governor of California and the Mayor of Los Angeles had paid people to protest. He later walked back the assertion.
He said that this wasn’t about public safety. “It’s about stroking a dangerous President’s ego. This is not how it should be. Pointless. Disrespect to our troops is what it is.
In response to Vice President Vance telling Newsom “do your job,” the governor said Monday, “Do YOUR job. We didn’t have a problem until Trump got involved. Rescind the order. Return control to California.”
During a Morning Edition interview taped on Tuesday morning, Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs Tricia McLaughlin defended the Trump administration’s memorandum deploying military troops to Los Angeles and said the FBI and IRS are investigating who is behind the unrest.
She said there is a lot of coordinated activity on the ground and there could be a financial backer who is a foreign adversary.
“No, I don’t say the governor and the mayor, I think, somebody’s paying them.” They’re just troublemakers if they’re not. I can tell you what you need to know. “But I believe someone is paying them,” said Trump, who had traveled with him to North Carolina.
In a conversation with NPR’s Steve Inskeep, McLaughlin also criticized California leaders for failing to restore order, spoke about deportation numbers and discussed Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador, who the Trump administration brought back to the U.S. to face criminal charges in Tennessee.
McLaughlin: Well, it’s the same as the National Guard. These are highly trained members of our military. They have means to keep crowds under control when things get out of hand. We’ve seen our members of law enforcement being pummeled with rocks. We’ve seen fires, cars being lit on fire, and like I said before, buildings and public property being defaced and otherwise assaulting ICE enforcement officers. So these are highly trained members of the military and they have means of regaining control.
McLaughlin is the author. I think it’s more boots on the ground. It is more men and women in uniform who are making sure that law enforcement, our property, and those protesting are safe. Right now we’ve seen from the leadership of Governor Newsom and Karen Bass that things have not been peaceful, they have not been smooth, and so that’s something – we wanted to return law and order.
Marines have been sent to Los Angeles. It’s very early, but what skills did the Marines have that apply in this particular urban situation that even the national guard does not have?
I’ve seen the videos and photos of the cars. That’s certainly true, but I think about the role of the military and what Secretary Pete Hegseth wants the military to do. He emphasizes a focus on lethality and readiness, which is what he means by readiness for combat. How does sending Marines to protect buildings and cars in Los Angeles match up with that mission, if at all?
Inskeep: The President’s memorandum in sending National Guard troops to California said that the protests can be construed as a kind of rebellion. That’s the word that’s used. I want to see how we can understand this as a rebellion. I would think of a rebellion as a group of people where they have a leader and an objective. Are you able to identify who is in charge of this rebellion?
The most injunctions issued by a single president. Kilmar Abrego Garcia: It’s pure activism, and we need to bring them back to the United States
McLaughlin: Is it last month? I don’t have the number in my hand. I would have to get back to you on that. I know deportations are around in the last 125 days, about 150,000.
McLaughlin: Roughly. I think we’ve been able to increase our efforts. I mean, we did inherit, you know, a very broken ICE, a very broken CBP, people who are not able to do their jobs for the last four years.
It seems like the rate of deportations is higher than the average under President Biden, but still less than the average under President Trump. Why do you think it is difficult to get the numbers to increase?
McLaughlin: We have been facing a historic number of injunctions, Steve, as you know, at the hands of a lot of these judges. We knew that coming in though. I believe it’s a matter of resources. We do need to pass this bill by Congress to make sure we give our ICE enforcement officers more resources, especially in the face of these kinds of protests. But further than that, these officers haven’t been allowed to do their jobs for the last four years, so you’re going from zero to 100 very quickly because they’re once again empowered to do their jobs.
McLaughlin: I would definitely counter that. This has been the most injunctions issued by a single president. Absolutely, Steve. Look at the numbers.
McLaughlin: No. I think so. I mean, the case of Kilmar AbregoGarcia. Take the case of the eight heinous convicted individuals who had final deportation orders out of South Sudan. Eight individuals and a judge in Massachusetts have to come back. This is not the norm. Why are district judges so eager to bring child rapists and killers back to the U.S., even though they have been convicted and have deportation orders? It is pure activism, Steve, and it’s quite disturbing, really.
Inskeep: I guess we should note that the Supreme Court, unanimously, among other courts, have insisted that people may well be terrorists, but that their cases should be heard in court. That leads to one more question. You brought him back to the US to face charges. He’s going to get his day in court and he is facing an indictment. For a while the administration said he wouldn’t be brought back. Is it possible to bring him back now that he’s back in the United States?
McLaughlin: I would leave that to the Department of Justice, but I think that what really matters here, Steve, is the egg on the face of a lot of Democrats and the media who have been hell bent on saying that this is an innocent Maryland man. For a long time they have been saying that. He was a human trafficker all the time. Allegedly. I completely disagree with what you said. The environment in which we’re in, from a judicial standpoint, is totally different than what we’re used to under either Obama or Trump.
Inskeep: Just to clarify, you said you’d leave it to the Department of Justice. I understand. The government did not bring him back before it was clear he was capable of doing so.
The facilitate versus effectuate argument has been heard multiple times. He is now, even though he wasn’t facing a grand jury before. So the facts on the ground have changed.
