The US navy mentioned 300 troopers from the 79th Infantry Brigade Fight Workforce had been despatched to 3 separate areas within the better Los Angeles space, and have been “conducting security and safety of federal property & personnel.”
Helmeted troops in camouflage gear and carrying computerized weapons might be seen in entrance of a federal complicated, together with a detention middle, with the phrase “Our Metropolis” spray-painted on it in downtown Los Angeles.
The deployment overrode the protests of native officers, a rare transfer not seen in many years and deemed “purposefully inflammatory” by California Governor Gavin Newsom.
It got here forward of extra deliberate protests within the metropolis, which has a big Latino inhabitants, together with a name by organizers for a “mass mobilization” at Metropolis Corridor at 2pm native time (5am Monday, Singapore time).
A separate Pleasure parade in assist of LGBTQ rights, additionally below assault by the Trump administration, was as a result of start at 11am in Hollywood (2am Monday, Singapore time), with organizers posting on Instagram that they have been working with native regulation enforcement to maintain the celebrations secure.
“Trump is sending 2,000 Nationwide Guard troops into LA County, to not meet an unmet want, however to fabricate a disaster,” Newsom posted on X Sunday.
“He is hoping for chaos so he can justify extra crackdowns, extra worry, extra management. Keep calm. By no means use violence. Keep peaceable.”
