• UN warns against ‘additional militarization’ of riots
• The Secretary of Defense says that the Pentagon is prepared to mobilize active service troops if violence continues
• China tells citizens that they live in the region that promote personal security.
Los Angeles: Los Angeles was on the edge on Monday after violent clashes between protesters and security forces on immigration raids, with the Californian governor promising the president of Sue Donald Trump for deploying soldiers of the National Guard and the warnings of the United Nations “against greater militarization of disturbances.”
The police were monitored after ordering people who do not gather in the center of the city, where the cars were burned during the weekend, and the security forces fired tear gas to the protesters.
“This is exactly what Donald Trump wanted,” said Governor Gavin Newsom on social networks. “He called the fires and acted illegally to federalize the National Guard.” “We are demanding it.”
The White House also increased the confrontation between the hard Republican President and the authorities led by Democrats in California.
“Gavin Newsom did nothing when violent disturbances exploded in Los Angeles for days,” Trump’s press secretary, Karoline Leavitt published on Monday. “President Trump has intervened to maintain law and order.” She added: “The United States must reverse the invasion unleashed by the (former president) Joe Biden of millions of illegal foreigners not vertated in our country.”
The protests in Los Angeles, home to a large Latin population, were caused by raids and dozens of arrests of what the authorities say they are illegal migrants and gang members.
Critics say that Trump, who has made him subject to illegal migration a key pillar of his second term, deliberately fueled the tensions sending the National Guard of California, a military stands generally controlled by the state governor.
“You have the National Guard with loaded magazines and great weapons trying to intimidate Americans,” said protester Thomas Henning AFP In the scene.
On Monday morning, a strong police presence mostly patrolled deserted streets. Some protesters remained during the night, with some projectiles and fireworks, according to TV coverage.
Trump called “insurrectionist” protesters and demanded that the authorities arrest the people in masks.
“Bring the troops!” He wrote on his true social platform.
At least three cars that autonomous caught on Sunday, and the application of local law deployed tear gas and smoke grenades to disperse protesters. An Australian reporter was beaten in the leg with a rubber bullet fired by a live television officer. Later, his employer said he was unharmed.
Los Angeles police officers established containment lines to keep the protesters separated from the armed national guards of the 79th Combat team of the Infantry Brigade in helmets and camouflage equipment. At least 56 people were arrested for two days and three officers suffered minor injuries, they said.
The governor of California, Gavin Newsom, said he requested that the Trump administration withdraw his order to deploy 2,000 National Guard troops in Los Angeles County, qualifying him as illegal.
Newsom accused Trump of trying to manufacture a crisis and violate California’s state sovereignty. “These are the acts of a dictator, not a president,” he wrote in an X publication.
The White House played the Newsom characterization, saying in a statement that “everyone saw chaos, violence and illegality.”
The Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegesh, warned that the Pentagon is prepared to mobilize active service troops “if violence continues” in Los Angeles, saying that the Marines in the nearby Camp Pendleton are “on a maximum alert.” The Northern US command. Uu said that about 500 Marines were prepared to deploy if ordered.
The mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, blamed the Trump administration for inciting tensions by sending the National Guard, but also condemned the protesters who became violent.
Meanwhile, China’s consulate told its citizens in the area to strengthen personal security measures, stay away from meetings, areas full of people or places with bad public security and avoid going out at night or traveling alone. They must also “closely monitor official ads” and “increase their security awareness,” he added.
On the other hand, the UN spokesman, Farhan Haq said: “We do not want to see any greater militarization of this situation, and we encourage the parties at local, state and federal levels to work to do that.”
Posted in Dawn, June 10, 2025
