Trump, National Guard and Protest
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Organizations are asking people to participate in a 24-hour boycott, to attend rallies in MacArthur Park and downtown LA and support local businesses and street vendors.
Trump ordered 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June, against the wishes of its Democratic governor.
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NBC Los Angeles on MSNProtesters rally in downtown LA following ICE raids at SoCal Home Depot stores
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered at MacArthur Park on Saturday to denounce ICE in response to the multiple immigration enforcement operations at Home Depot stores. Protestors marched peacefully through downtown LA,
Troops were used to protect federal property and personnel in LA even though intelligence showed little danger, military leaders said Monday.
SEIU 721 and other labor groups rallied in MacArthur Park and elsewhere in Los Angeles throughout the day on Tuesday.
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National Guard rehearsed show of force against immigration raid protesters in LA, general testifies
A general testified that National Guard troops repeatedly rehearsed their role in an operation at a Los Angeles park intended as a show of force against people protesting immigration raids.
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ABC7 KABC on MSN16 people cited after unlawful assembly declared during downtown LA protest Friday
The demonstration began earlier Friday with supporters demanding the release of an ICU nurse and community activist who was taken into federal custody in San Pedro.
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‘Trump’s terror campaign’: Protests erupt after man dies fleeing federal agent raid at LA Home Depot
Protests erupted after a man died after being struck by a car on a Los Angeles freeway on Thursday as he fled an immigration raid conducted by federal agents at a Home Depot in Monrovia.
The famed Los Angeles neighborhood has become a shadow of its former glory — with rows of boarded up shops, chain stores leaving in droves and hoards of drug-using vagrants sparking major safety concerns for shoppers and business owners alike.
Trump ordered 700 Marines and 4,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles in June in response to days of unrest and protests sparked by mass immigration raids. California's Democratic governor, Gavin Newsom, opposed the move and sued, alleging it violated prohibitions on the use of the military in law enforcement.
Immigrant-rights groups in Los Angeles staged a 'community stoppage' to protest ICE raids and corporate complicity.