- Second night of the curfew expected in Los Angeles.
- Pockets of violence nothing new for LAPD officers.
- About 1,000 Trump soldiers deployed childcare facilities.
Los Angeles: Demonstrations against hard online immigration tactics triggered across the United States on Wednesday after days of demonstrations in Los Angeles, while California was preparing for a legal confrontation with the White House on the deployment by US President Donald Trump.
More than 1,000 people massaged in the second largest American city for a sixth day of protests, the peaceful crowd while they were walking in the streets.
A second night of curfew was expected as the city leaders try to master vandalism after Dark and the looting which marked a few houses in the metropolis of 500 square miles (1,300 square kilometers).
“I would say that for the most part, everything is Hunky Dory here in Ground Zero,” said Lynn Sturgis demonstration, 66 AFP.
“Our city is not at all on fire, it does not burn, because our terrible chef tries to tell you.”
Most peaceful demonstrations have triggered a sudden climbing in efforts to illegally apprehend the migrants in the country.
Pockets of violence – including the fire of autonomous taxis and the launch stones of the police – were nothing but 8,500 officers of the Los Angeles police service had not treated before.
Trump won the elections last year in part on the promises of fighting what he claims to be an “invasion” by undocumented migrants.
He now takes the opportunity to make political capital, ordering the California National Guard to deploy despite the objections of Governor Gavin Newsom, the first time that an American president has taken such measures for decades.
“We are going to have a safe country,” he told journalists en route in a theatrical performance.
“We are not going to have what would have happened in Los Angeles. Remember, if I was not there … Los Angeles would have burned on the ground.”
About 1,000 of the 4,700 soldiers deployed by Trump actively retained facilities and worked alongside ice agents, said Scott Sherman, assistant commanding the general army North, who is of operations.
The rest – including 700 navies in active service – gathered or followed training to cope with civilian troubles, he said.
The Pentagon said that deployment will cost taxpayers $ 134 million.
Governor Newsom, a democrat, accused Trump to seek confrontation for political ends.
His lawyers were expected in court on Thursday to demand a temporary ban order which would prevent troops from accompanying immigration agents as they stop migrants.
Administration lawyers have described the request a “coarse political blow”.
Newsom said that unprecedented militarization would extend beyond the borders of its state.
“Democracy is in the process of attack just before our eyes,” he said on Tuesday. “California is perhaps the first, but it will not end here.”
Increasing national demonstrations
Despite Trump’s threats to deploy the National Guard in other states managed by Democrats on governors’ objections, the demonstrators do not seem discouraged.
Demonstrations have been reported in St Louis, Raleigh, Manhattan, Indianapolis and Denver.
In San Antonio, hundreds of people paraded and sung near the Town Hall, according to information, where the Republican Governor of Texas Greg Abbott deployed the State National Guard.
A “No Kings” national movement was expected on Saturday when Trump attended a very unusual military parade in the American capital.
The parade, featuring war and tanks, was organized to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the American army foundation, but also happens to be Trump’s 79th anniversary.
“Inflamed” situation
The Trump administration paints demonstrations as a violent threat to the nation, forcing the military force to support regular immigration agents and the police.
But the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, said that the crisis had been made in Washington.
“A week ago, everything was peaceful in the city of Los Angeles,” she told journalists.
“Things started to be difficult on Friday when raids took place … This is the cause of the problems.
“It was caused by the White House.”
The arrests by masked and armed men continued on Wednesday.
A pastor from the suburbs of Los Angeles de Downey said that five armed men driving cars outside the state had caught a shy -speaking man in the church parking lot.
When she challenged men and asked for their number and insignia names, they refused.
“They pointed out their rifles and said:” You have to come back “,” said Lopez to the Ktla diffuser.
Images seen by AFP shows what seems to be federal agents who have struck a car in the Boyle Heights region in Los Angeles.
A sort of smoke device is deployed and masked by men with assault weapons ordered a man from the car, leaving what witnesses said that it was his wife and badly shaken children.
