National Guard deployed in LA amid protests

California National Guard arrived in Los Angeles Sunday, deployed by President Donald Trump after two days of protests by hundreds of demonstrators against immigration raids carried out as part of Trump's hardline policy.

- REUTERS

About a dozen National Guard members were seen in video footage Sunday lining up at a federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where detainees from immigration raids Friday were taken, sparking protests that continued Saturday. The complex is near Los Angeles City Hall, where another protest against the immigration raids is scheduled for Sunday afternoon. U.S. Northern Command confirmed National Guard troops had started deploying and that some were already on the ground.

"These Radical Left protests, by instigators and often paid troublemakers, will NOT BE TOLERATED," Trump posted on his Truth Social platform early Sunday.

California Governor Gavin Newsom has accused Trump of deploying the National Guard because he wants "a spectacle."

Footage showed at least a half dozen military-style vehicles and riot shields Sunday at the federal building where the Department of Homeland Security said about "1,000 rioters" had protested Friday. Reuters could not verify the DHS account.