Hundreds of US Marines arrived in Los Angeles, and they are still expected during the day, by the order of the President Donald Trump, which previously distributed the National Guard to comb the protest despite the opposition of local leaders.
In the city of the days of rage riots, since Trump’s administration, on Friday launched a number of immigration raids although local officials said that the protests were mostly calm yesterday.
Last night, about half of about 700 Marines came last night to enter Los Angeles, and the others will enter the city today, said U.S. official for Reuters.
Karen Bass, Mayor Los Angeles, for Television Kabc said that more than 100 people were arrested on Monday, but that most demonstrators are not violent.
During the weekend, protesters threw stones and other objects on police officers and vehicles, and they also set fire to several cars. Police answered shock to grenades and tears.
Trump justified his decision to schedule an army in Los Angeles describing protests as a violent occupation of the city, for which California Governor Gavin News and Bass said it was excessive.
Although the Marines are exclusively in charge of storing Federal property until the full contingent of 4,000 members of the National Guard, the use of active soldiers for the responsibility of civic unrest is extremely rare.
In post on Tuesday morning on the Social Platform Truth Social, Trump said that Los Angeles “now burned to the ground” that he did not deploy the army in the city.
(Vijesti.ba/hina)
