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L.A. Police Chief Jim McDonnell told "CBS Mornings" connected Wednesday that the National Guard being deployed to Los Angeles successful the midst of ICE protests was not due to the fact that of President Trump saying the protests were much than McDonnell could handle.
"We don't request the National Guard, and they are not present to assistance america close now," McDonnell said Wednesday connected "CBS Mornings." They are present to facilitate what the national agencies are doing connected the migration front."
When asked if subject assistance was brought successful to assistance with handling the protests, McDonnell said, "That's not our understanding. They person a antithetic mission. They're moving successful enactment of the national agencies that are moving with ICE connected civilian migration enforcement and transgression migration enforcement."
California Gov. Gavin Newsom delivered a statewide code connected Tuesday successful the aftermath of migration operations that sparked days of protests successful Los Angeles and the deployment of hundreds of National Guard and U.S. Marines troops to the country by President Trump.
The code came aft Mayor Karen Bass' determination to implement a curfew in downtown Los Angeles aft aggregate nights of unrest and an exigency question for a impermanent restraining bid filed by the authorities successful its suit to artifact the further deployment of troops. That curfew prompted dozens of arrests connected Tuesday.
Protests person escalated into violent clashes, graffiti, looting, vandalism and debris. Mr. Trump declared that the National Guard would beryllium deployed to Los Angeles, contempt absorption from California politicians who said it was mostly unnecessary. The deployment of 2,000 much National Guard troops and 700 Marines followed.
But McDonnell expressed interest astir members of the subject interacting with Los Angeles protesters.
"Anytime anybody comes into the metropolis and we are not wide connected what rules and responsibilities are, there's a concern. I interest for our ain people."
Jonathan Vigliotti is simply a CBS News analogous based successful Los Angeles. Vigliotti's reporting has taken him to much than 3 twelve countries and territories crossed six continents.
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