Key Takeaways
- The Los Angeles Police used stun grenades and cavalry against protesters in downtown Los Angeles.
- The clashes were triggered by a raid by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify illegal immigrants.
- California Governor Gavin Newsom requested the reversal of the National Guards deployment, accusing the White House of provoking the riots.
Los Angeles: Police in Los Angeles used stun grenades and cavalry against protesters, a RIA Novosti correspondent reported.
Several hundred protesters against the US government’s immigration policy remain in downtown Los Angeles despite the impending curfew, the correspondent said.
The curfew will begin at 8 p.m. Wednesday (0300 GMT Thursday). Half an hour before the appointed time, hundreds of people remain on the city streets. They have blocked the road.
A raid by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to identify illegal immigrants in downtown Los Angeles on June 6 escalated into clashes with protesters. That same day, California Governor Gavin Newsom threatened that the state could refuse to pay federal taxes in response to the Trump administration’s possible large-scale cuts in federal funding. The next day, the White House announced the deployment of 2,000 National Guards to the city.
In response to the troop deployment, Newsom officially requested the reversal of the decision, accusing the White House of provoking the riots and asserting that state and city authorities did not have any problems until the president intervened.
