Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles: escalate protests!

Trump sends National Guard to Los Angeles: escalate protests!

Los Angeles, USA - President Donald Trump described the situation in Los Angeles as "violent, insurgent muten" and thus tightened the tensions during the protests against the deportation of illegal immigrants. Until early Sunday evening, local media reported individual peaceful demonstrations in the city center, but soon the protests escalated into violent riots. Trump gave the command to mobilize the National Guard and threatened to use regular military in other cities in the United States to control the situation. He explained that the United States should not be torn apart and did not rule out a possible imposition of war law, although he currently saw no need for this. The "Insurrection Act" could be used to deal with the protests, although Trump did not directly cite in his decision to mobilize the Los Angeles National Guard, but which could be seen as an example of a "rebellion" that can occur anywhere in the USA, how oe24 reports.

The first 300 soldiers of the National Guard arrived in Los Angeles on Sunday morning to secure federal employees and ownership. President Trump took command on the national units on Saturday, which met with sharp criticism from the country's democratic governors, especially from California Gaverne Gavin News. Newsom described Trump's decision illegal and an attempt to donate chaos. He called for the troop shipment to withdraw, while Trump criticized the California officials on his Truth Social platform as incompetent. For the first time in 60 years, this is that a president activates the national guard of a state without the governor's consent, such as [NZZ] (https://www.nzz.ch/international/widersand- against Notice.

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The Senator James Lankford from Oklahoma discussed the strategy for the troop shipment and found that this was an attempt to de -escalate the tensions in connection with the protests that arose after George Floyd's death. He emphasized that Trump wanted to counteract the unrest quickly without allowing the situation to last for weeks. Lankford emphasized that the Los Angeles Police Department was overwhelmed and that there are considerations to mobilize active marines for support, while this would not be used in direct contact with the local law by the national guard NBC News.

In addition, according to reports, there were clashes between the national guards and protesters, whereby the forces used used tear gas. Over 100 people were arrested by the federal authorities during the protests. The tension in Los Angeles is a sign of how strongly the social conflicts arise and which reactions can follow by the government in order to maintain public order [NZZ] (https://www.nzz.ch/widstandal- against