Los Angeles protests live: tensions flare after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops
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Date: 2025-06-09T04:44:45.000Z
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Content: Hello and welcome to our rolling coverage of the protests in Los Angeles, where law enforcement officers have clashed with demonstrators as police have used teargas and 'less-lethal munitions' to disperse massive crowds of people.
Demonstrators have gathered to reject Donald Trump's immigration crackdown and his deployment of the national guard against the will of the state's elected leaders.
On Sunday thousands of Angelenos swamped the streets around city hall, the federal courthouse and a detention center where protesters arrested in days before are being held. They also brought a major freeway to a standstill.
The crowd for large parts of the day was mostly peaceful. But tensions flared several times, with police deploying teargas to disperse protesters and firing rounds of flash-bangs in an attempt to push the protesters back up the freeway off-ramps. Several autonomous vehicles were set on fire.
Trump's decision to deploy national guard troops into Los Angeles has sent shockwaves through America. California's governor, Gavin Newsom, and other Democratic governors across the US have sharply criticized the move, describing it as an 'alarming abuse of power'.
Newsom said the president had 'manufactured a crisis' and described his reaction as akin to a 'dictator, not a President'. He urged Trump to stand down and rescind the 'unlawful' deployment.
Night has now fallen in LA, stay with us as we follow the developments live.
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