Protests spread across US despite Trump threats

PROTESTS over hardline immigration tactics ignited across the US Wednesday after days of demonstrations in Los Angeles, as California prepared for a legal showdown over President Donald Trump’s deployment of the military.

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Over 1000 people massed in America’s second biggest city for a sixth day of protests, with the crowd peaceful as they marched through the streets.

A second night of curfew was in place as city leaders try to get a handle on the after-dark vandalism and looting that scarred a few city blocks.

“I would say for the most part everything is hunky dory right here at Ground Zero,” protester Lynn Sturgis, 66, a retired school teacher, told AFP.

“Our city is not at all on fire.., as our terrible leader is trying to tell you.”