Trump keeps National Guard control for now
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“We usually get big trucks and crews who all buy food ... According to Paramount City Manager John Moreno, camouflaged National Guard troops arrived in the city by early Sunday morning.
About a dozen buses, presumably filled with deployed Marines, left the Twentynine Palms military base en route to L.A.
Tensions in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as thousands of protesters took to the streets in response to President Donald Trump’s extraordinary deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway and setting autonomous vehicles on fire as local law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.
Roughly 700 Marines from the Twentynine Palms base have been mobilized in response to protests and unrest in Los Angeles.