【Dou News Report】Comprehensive media reports, US President Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Los Angeles, California on the 7th to respond to the riots caused by the local search for illegal immigrants. According to ABC, Trump said on the 8th that it is not ruled out that the active Marine Corps will be sent to California.
Immigration riots in Los Angeles, USA. (Reuters)
reported that Trump's statement confirmed US Defense Secretary Hegsey's earlier "suggestions". Hegseyth warned on social media on the 7th that violence and vandalism against federal agencies and facilities were "untolerable" and the Department of Defense is "immediately mobilizing" the National Guard to Los Angeles. And, “if the violence continues, active-duty Marines at Pendleton Marine Corps Base (CA) will be mobilized, who are already on high alert.”
A police-civilian conflict broke out in Los Angeles, USA. (AP)
ABC said that when asked on the 8th what the threshold for dispatching the Marine Corps was, Trump told reporters, "The threshold is what I think it is. If we see our country and citizens facing danger, we will take very, very tough measures in terms of law and order."
Vehicles burning on the street. (AP) The report also claimed that Trump accused protesters of "spraying" at police and asked "they spit, we hit." Trump said, "I told them that no one is allowed to spit at our police, no one is allowed to spit at our soldiers, but they do it, which is very common. They walk to the police, get so close, and start spitting in their faces. If this happens, they will be hit hard."
There are protesters being suppressed. (AFP)
