Curfew in downtown LA for Second night
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The request from Homeland Security, confirmed by a Defense official, also seeks “drone surveillance support,” direction to troops on detaining or arresting “lawbreakers,” and graduates from an organization like the Marines’ School of Advanced Warfighting School for setting up a joint operation center.
The curfew was ordered as Mayor Bass declared that nights of protests that had sometimes dissolved into vandalism and looting had reached a “tipping point.”
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National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.
About 500 of the National Guard troops deployed to the Los Angeles protests have been trained to accompany agents on immigration operations, the commander in charge said Wednesday.
The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.
After ICE agents arrested immigrants in LA's fashion district, protests began, and Donald Trump called in the National Guard.
A federal court hearing is scheduled on whether the Trump administration can use the National Guard and Marines to assist with immigration raids in Los Angeles.
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