L.A. curfew enters second night as U.S. protests spread
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Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
By Omar Younis, Brad Brooks, Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -U.S. Marines deployed to Los Angeles made their first detention of a civilian on Friday, the military said, part of a rare domestic use of its forces sent to the city after days of protests over immigration raids.
Marines have moved into Los Angeles to guard a federal building after a week of protests against immigration raids, while communities across the country are preparing for demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s polices this weekend.
Top Portland and Multnomah County leaders, law enforcement officials and several community leaders stood together Friday in advance of large planned protests to decry the immigration policies of the federal administration and affirm the laws in place to protect immigrants.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom said President Donald Trump is “pulling a military dragnet” across Los Angeles during a brief public address on Tuesday.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
A few hundred people in Market Square marched through downtown Knoxville to protest ICE and Trump's use of military at Los Angeles protests.
Alejandro Theodoro Orellana, 29, faces federal charges for allegedly “distributing face shields to suspected rioters” to protesters on June 11.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Customs and Border Patrol confirmed it is providing "aerial support" to law enforcement efforts during the protests.