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As others have noted, Trump aides like Miller have been eagerly waiting for something like this to happen. They see it as a great way to use the military to crush and discredit liberals and any opposition to Trump's immigration policies, to strip self-governance and power from blue-voting cities and states, and to tag Democrats as lawless purveyors of riots and anti-American, anti-patriotic disruptions.
 
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Setting aside that POTUS can’t just decree protest rules, protesters can’t wear masks? What about Federal agents?



 

National Guard to be sent to L.A. amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth’s threat of Marines ‘deranged’​

The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.​


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National Guard to be sent to L.A. amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth's threat of Marines 'deranged'

The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.
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The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A.

President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used federal powers.
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nycfan said:

National Guard to be sent to L.A. amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth’s threat of Marines ‘deranged’​

The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.​


www.latimes.com

National Guard to be sent to L.A. amid clashes; Newsom calls Hegseth's threat of Marines 'deranged'

The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.
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The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A.

President Trump is sending the National Guard to Los Angeles over the objections of Gov. Gavin Newsom by invoking rarely used federal powers.
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“… According to the ACLU, Title 10 activation of National Guard troops has historically been rareand Congress has prohibited troops deployed under the law from providing “direct assistance” to civilian law enforcement — under both a separate provision of Title 10 as well as the Posse Comitatus Act.

The Insurrection Act, however, is viewed as an exception to the prohibitions under the Posse Comitatus Act.

In 1958, President Eisenhower invoked the Insurrection Act to deploy troops to Arkansas to enforce the Supreme Court’s decision ending racial segregation in schools, and to defend Black students against a violent mob.

Chemerinsky said invoking the Insurrection Act and nationalizing a state’s National Guard has been reserved for extreme circumstances in which there are no other alternatives to maintain the peace.

Chemerinsky said he feared the Trump administration is seeking “to send a message to protesters of the willingness of the federal government to use federal troops to quell protests.”…”
 
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“… Protests broke out Saturday in Paramount, a city about 16 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, but fewer than 100 people remained by nightfall, according to a local official.

Protesters also gathered outside a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles Saturday night and were pushed back by law enforcement using tear gas and flash bangs, according to local news footage. Los Angeles police declared an unlawful assembly in the area and detained multiple people.

The deployment of troops under federal authority in response to civil unrest is a rare step, one that usually requires the president to find under the Insurrection Act that they are needed to enforce the law or restore order.

The White House said in a statement Saturday night that the troops were deployed after the president “signed a presidential memorandum.”

“This is highly unusual,” said Laura Dickinson, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “It is unclear what legal authority the president is using to deploy the troops. If he is invoking the Insurrection Act, he has to issue a proclamation explaining that. And that act is used as a last resort.”

“As far as I can see, law and order has not completely broken down in Los Angeles,” she said. …”
 
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“… Protests broke out Saturday in Paramount, a city about 16 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, but fewer than 100 people remained by nightfall, according to a local official.

Protesters also gathered outside a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles Saturday night and were pushed back by law enforcement using tear gas and flash bangs, according to local news footage. Los Angeles police declared an unlawful assembly in the area and detained multiple people.

The deployment of troops under federal authority in response to civil unrest is a rare step, one that usually requires the president to find under the Insurrection Act that they are needed to enforce the law or restore order.

The White House said in a statement Saturday night that the troops were deployed after the president “signed a presidential memorandum.”

“This is highly unusual,” said Laura Dickinson, a professor at George Washington University Law School. “It is unclear what legal authority the president is using to deploy the troops. If he is invoking the Insurrection Act, he has to issue a proclamation explaining that. And that act is used as a last resort.”

“As far as I can see, law and order has not completely broken down in Los Angeles,” she said. …”
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“… In Los Angeles, the County Sheriff’s Department said it responded Saturday morning to a protest in Paramount.

Deputies stepped in to control the crowd after protesters threw objects at federal agents and deputy sheriffs, according to the department. “When federal authorities come under attack and request assistance, we will support them and provide aid,” the department said.

The mayor of Paramount, Peggy Lemons, said the federal agents had been gathering in an industrial park near a Home Depot when residents in the majority-Latino neighborhood spotted them. It wasn’t known why the agents were staging there, but Homeland Security has had an office in the park for at least 15 years, she said.

As the crowd grew to roughly 300 people, the federal agents called the County Sheriff for assistance. Law enforcement tossed flash-bang stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd, she said. Some protesters responded with firecrackers and at one point set a tire on fire in the road.

Additional munitions were delivered to authorities in Paramount aboard Customs and Border Protection helicopters, according to an Instagram post from a U.S. Border Patrol sector chief in Southern California, Gregory Bovino….”
 
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“… In Los Angeles, the County Sheriff’s Department said it responded Saturday morning to a protest in Paramount.

Deputies stepped in to control the crowd after protesters threw objects at federal agents and deputy sheriffs, according to the department. “When federal authorities come under attack and request assistance, we will support them and provide aid,” the department said.

The mayor of Paramount, Peggy Lemons, said the federal agents had been gathering in an industrial park near a Home Depot when residents in the majority-Latino neighborhood spotted them. It wasn’t known why the agents were staging there, but Homeland Security has had an office in the park for at least 15 years, she said.

As the crowd grew to roughly 300 people, the federal agents called the County Sheriff for assistance. Law enforcement tossed flash-bang stun grenades and tear gas to disperse the crowd, she said. Some protesters responded with firecrackers and at one point set a tire on fire in the road.

Additional munitions were delivered to authorities in Paramount aboard Customs and Border Protection helicopters, according to an Instagram post from a U.S. Border Patrol sector chief in Southern California, Gregory Bovino….”
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The outcry was similar to protests that took place in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, when people reacted to federal agents engaged in what appeared to be immigration enforcement.

The president of California’s Service Employees International Union, David Huerta, was injured and detained while protesting what the union said was a raid by ICE officials in Los Angeles. Videos captured people surrounding vans, shouting and chanting. The protests lasted overnight Friday.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bilal Essayli said Friday on social media that agents were executing a warrant at a work site in Los Angeles when Huerta “deliberately obstructed their access by blocking their vehicle.”

Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Friday that some 800 protesters surrounded and breached a federal law-enforcement building in Los Angeles. She said protesters assaulted ICE officers, slashed tires and defaced public property. …”
 
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The outcry was similar to protests that took place in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, when people reacted to federal agents engaged in what appeared to be immigration enforcement.

The president of California’s Service Employees International Union, David Huerta, was injured and detained while protesting what the union said was a raid by ICE officials in Los Angeles. Videos captured people surrounding vans, shouting and chanting. The protests lasted overnight Friday.

U.S. Attorney for the Central District of California Bilal Essayli said Friday on social media that agents were executing a warrant at a work site in Los Angeles when Huerta “deliberately obstructed their access by blocking their vehicle.”

Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said Friday that some 800 protesters surrounded and breached a federal law-enforcement building in Los Angeles. She said protesters assaulted ICE officers, slashed tires and defaced public property. …”
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“… “To the extent that protests or acts of violence directly inhibit the execution of the laws, they constitute a form of rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States,” Trump’s memo said.

The troops are authorized to “perform those military protective activities that the Secretary of Defense determines are reasonably necessary to ensure the protection and safety of Federal personnel and property,” the memo said.

It said the troops will be activated for 60 days unlessHegseth decides otherwise. Hegseth has discretion to “employ any other members of the regular Armed Forces as necessary.” The order doesn’t limit the use of federal forces to Los Angeles.

Bass, the city’s mayor, tweeted shortly after midnight local time that the National Guard had not been deployed there. …”

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Lots of obviously fake videos and suspect videos being shared on social media claiming to be the National Guard arriving to crack skulls in LA. So far, the videos I’ve found from legit sources seem to be of local officials using riot gear and flash grenades to quell the protests.
 
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Returning to Trump’s post, it appears that the National Guard wasn’t even on site as the Paramount protest petered out last night. Heavy local law enforcement presence for sure to keep the dwindling crowd from expanding to more violent rioting.

Rocks and other objects were hurled at ICE agents, tires and a car were set ablaze and some intersections were blocked.

But, as with Trump’s claim of sending water to LA earlier this year, it doesn’t appear that the National Guard wasn’t actually on the streets or directly involved in quelling protests in Paramount or Los Angeles last night. At least so far there is no video evidence from a credible source of National Guard being involved — maybe that will emerge after sunrise in Los Angeles in the form of National Guard patrols on LA county streets?
 
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