United States president Donald Trump says he sent the National Guards and Marines to ‘liberate’ Los Angeles from protester violence.
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00:00United States President Donald Trump says he sent the National Guards and Marines to
00:04quote, liberate Los Angeles from protester violence. But Little Tokyo residents in LA
00:10say Trump's troop deployment only intensifies the protests against the recent immigration
00:14raids in their neighborhood. Police have reportedly used flashbangs and fired less
00:19lethal munitions at protesters in the neighborhood. The Trump administration
00:23says its immigration raids are rounding up de facto criminals for lacking proper documents
00:28to stay in the United States. California Governor Gavin Newsom says the use of military had quote,
00:34only inflamed a combustible situation and warned that the move is an assault on democracy. Los
00:39Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says that Trump's use of troops was a deliberate effort to create chaos.
00:45The Trump administration rejects the accusation, saying it only deployed the troops due to local
00:50and state leaders' inability to get the situation under control.