Los Angeles, National Guard and protests
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The Trump administration faces a legal challenge to its deployment of the military to protests. Tensions flared after President Trump sent troops, and protests spread to other U.S. cities.
California on Tuesday asked a federal court for a temporary restraining order blocking President Trump's deployment of National Guard forces and Marines in L.A.
President Donald Trump sent in troops, but demonstrators have largely come face to face with local police instead
Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell sharply countered President Donald Trump’s claims that the city needed National Guard support, emphasizing Wednesday that protests were “nowhere near” that level.