Los Angeles immigration protest clashes: What’s the latest and what’s next?
Al Jazeera
About 500 US Marines are ready to be deployed in LA as clashes continue during immigration protests.
Los Angeles has witnessed a third night of protests against the immigration crackdown by United States President Donald Trump’s administration.
The administration’s decision to deploy the national guard has widened the rift between Republicans and Democrats, including the leadership of California. And now, the Trump administration has indicated that it might send US marines in to help quell the protests.
That scenario would mirror the events of 1992 when marines were deployed alongside the national guard for law enforcement in Los Angeles during riots that followed the acquittal of four policemen filmed beating Rodney King, a Black man.
On Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) declared the protests in downtown LA an “unlawful assembly”.
“You are to leave the Downtown Area immediately,” the LAPD said in a post on X.
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