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Marines are ready to deploy in las as more cities for protest

Los Angeles: Hundreds of American Marines were passing through a refresher training in riot and crowd control outside Los Angeles and will soon move to the city, a military officer said, a military officer said, as the protests on the immigration raid of President Donald Trump had spread to other parts of the country.Trump’s decision to send National Guard soldiers and Marines to Los Angeles on the objections of the Governor of California has created a national debate on the use of the army on American soil.Marine will be “soon” in Los Angeles, but not on Wednesday, the US chief General Scott Sharman, who is commanding the soldiers, told reporters in a news briefing. Sharman said that he is authorized to temporarily detain individuals. Sharman said, “These military arrests or discovery and seizure do not conduct law enforcement operations. They are strictly used to protect federal personnel as they operate their operations and protect them to allow them to do their federal missions,” Sharman said.Marines are trained to use their weapons for personal safety, but their rifles will not be loaded with live ammunition during deployment, Sharman said. He said that Marines are taking a two -day training courses as to how to handle civil disturbances.Texas Governor is the first to call in the National GuardTexas Governor, Republican Greg Abbott said he would deploy the National Guard on Wednesday before the protests employed in San Antonio and other parts of the state, making him the first governor to take steps. Police in Austin, Texas on Monday fired tear gas and pepper balls with protesters at a deadlock.Protests spread to New York, Atlanta, ChicagoThe protesters marched in New York, Atlanta and Chicago on Tuesday night, chanting American immigration and customs enforcement slogans and clashes with law enforcement several times, while the city of Los Angeles spent its first night under a compulsory curfew after five days of demonstrations. Some protesters in Chicago threw water bottles at police officers and vandalized at least two vehicles. In New York, officials made dozens of arrests near federal buildings in Lower Manhattan, police said. In Atlanta, he used chemical agents and physical force to run a few dozen protesters from a highway to run their feet.More protests were planned in several cities on Wednesday, including Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Miniapolis, San Antonio and Seattle. Protests are expected to expand on Saturday, when several activist groups plan hundreds of anti -Trump demonstrations across the country. Washington, DC, hosts a military parade that day that marks the 250th anniversary of the US Army and coincides with Trump’s 79th birthday.Since the protest began last Friday, hundreds of people have been arrested in many cities, including more than 330 in Los Angeles, 240 in San Francisco and more than a dozen in Austin, Texas, officials said.This is Trump vs CaliforniaTrump says military deployment in Los Angeles stopped the violence from being out of control, a claim has been reduced by California Gavner Gavin Newsome and other local authorities as untrue.Newsom said at a video address on Tuesday, “This misconduct by a sitting president provoked a combustible situation by risking our people, our officials and even our national guards.” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said the deployment was not necessary and the local police could manage protests, which is largely peaceful and limited to about five cities roads. But after robbing some businesses, the Mayor imposed more than a square mile of city from Tuesday night. Police said many groups in some areas remained on the streets despite curfew and “large -scale arrest”. Agencies

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