The California governor condemned the deployment of the military in Los Angeles as protesters marched in Atlanta, Chicago and New York to express anger over immigration raids.
New York Times
Gov. Gavin Newsom of California condemned President Trump’s deployment of the military in Los Angeles as a “brazen abuse of power” in a televised speech on Tuesday, as protesters across the United States expressed anger over the Trump administration’s workplace immigration raids.
Mr. Newsom spoke shortly before an all-night curfew imposed by Mayor Karen Bass took effect at 8 p.m. in downtown Los Angeles, forcing crowds to mostly disperse from areas where police and protesters have clashed for days.
In some other major cities, protests were larger and more intense on Tuesday than they had been earlier in the week.
Some demonstrators in downtown Chicago threw water bottles at police officers and vandalized at least two vehicles. In New York, police officers made arrests near federal buildings in Lower Manhattan. And in Atlanta, officers used chemical agents and physical force to drive a few dozen protesters from their foothold on a highway.
In Los Angeles, National Guard troops accompanied federal immigration officers on raids across the city on Tuesday, an action that California officials had sought to stop with an emergency court order that would limit military troops to protecting a complex of federal buildings downtown where protesters have been gathering.
Mr. Trump addressed the Los Angeles protests while speaking to troops in North Carolina earlier on Tuesday. He called the city “a trash heap” and promised to “liberate” it.
Mr. Trump has already deployed nearly 5,000 National Guard troops and Marines to the Los Angeles area. As night fell, a U.S. official said that the Trump administration was in discussions about deploying military troops to cities beyond Los Angeles.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas later said that he would deploy the National Guard across the state to maintain order. His announcement came ahead of a planned protest in San Antonio on Wednesday evening, according to local media. That made him the first governor to order the Guard onto the streets of an American city since the Los Angeles protests began last week.
Here’s what else to know:
- Other cities: More protests were planned for Wednesday in places like Seattle, St. Louis and Indianapolis. Mr. Trump threatened that protesters elsewhere would be met with “equal or greater force” than those in Los Angeles. Read more ›
- Court hearing: A federal judge in California has set a hearing for Thursday afternoon on the state’s request to restrict the federal government’s use of Marines and National Guard troops in the Los Angeles area, limiting them only to protecting federal property. California has also filed suit against the administration over its move to take control of the state’s National Guard and deploy troops to the city.
- Arrests: Hundreds of people have been arrested in at least five cities since Friday, including more than 330 people in Los Angeles, more than 240 in San Francisco and a dozen in Austin, Texas, officials said. The encounters have turned tense at times, but the protests have remained largely confined to small sections of cities.
- Disinformation swirls: Misleading photographs and videos about the protests have spread widely on social media, rehashing old conspiracy theories and expressing support for Mr. Trump’s actions. The flood of falsehoods online appeared intended to stoke outrage toward immigrants and political leaders, particularly Democrats, and added to the confusion over what exactly was happening on the streets of Los Angeles. Read more ›
- Weekend warning: Mr. Trump, speaking to reporters on Tuesday, warned against protesting at the military parade planned for Saturday in Washington. Peaceful protest is a constitutional right. But, Mr. Trump said, “for those people that want to protest, they’re going to be met with very big force.”
