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(NewsNation) — Los Angeles has entered a 5th time of unrest arsenic protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown proceed amid much subject arrivals and reports of looting.
A California Highway Patrol serviceman told NewsNation that looters are taking vantage of the city's preoccupied police, and aggregate arrests stemmed from a jewelry store break-in overnight.
Monty, the proprietor of Bargain2Perfumes successful LA's jewelry district, said his concern was besides a unfortunate of looters.
"I saw somebody's interruption into my store, and telephone close distant to constabulary and my landlord," helium told NewsNation.
He called the concern "ridiculous."
"They interruption into the Apple store. They interruption into the Adidas store. This is not, they're not doing protest," Monty said. "This is conscionable doing, conscionable for the looting, the stores and everything."
Police detain a antheral during a protestation successful Paramount, Calif., connected June 7, 2025, aft national migration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Police officers basal connected the country of a thoroughfare adjacent the Metropolitan Detention Center aft a nighttime of protests successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Cleanup continues aft a nighttime of protests successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Police patrol the country aft a nighttime of protests successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A California Highway Patrol serviceman pulls an electrical scooter disconnected a conveyance connected a road arsenic protesters propulsion objects astatine the constabulary vehicles adjacent the Metropolitan Detention Center successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A pistillate waves the Mexican emblem arsenic flames erupt from a burning dumpster during a protestation successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A protester throws a fume canister connected the 101 Freeway adjacent the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025, pursuing past night's migration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Fireworks detonate successful beforehand of instrumentality enforcement arsenic they look disconnected with demonstrators during a protestation pursuing national migration operations, successful the Compton vicinity of Los Angeles connected June 8, 2025. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT /GETTY-AFP)
Trump deploys Marines, National Guard amid LA protests
As of Tuesday morning, President Donald Trump has announced the deployment of 700 active-duty U.S. Marines and more than 1,700 California National Guard troops.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he's sending an further 800 authorities and section instrumentality enforcement officers into Los Angeles to "clean up President Trump’s mess.”
Trump is the archetypal president to deploy a state’s National Guard without the consent of a politician since 1965, erstwhile President Lyndon B. Johnson sent troops to Alabama to support civilian rights protesters.
The City of Los Angeles has declared a tactical alert, and each uniformed unit are to stay connected work arsenic protests proceed into their 5th day.
LAPD has confirmed dozens of arrests and much than 600 nonlethal rounds fired, each portion national officials proceed to transportation retired much migration actions successful LA.
California files suit against Trump for LA protestation response
Newsom and California's lawyer wide person filed a lawsuit implicit Trump's determination to nonstop National Guard troops to Los Angeles — with nary authorities oregon metropolis officials asking for them.
The suit, filed successful national tribunal successful San Francisco connected Monday, called the determination an "unprecedented powerfulness grab.”
“One of the cornerstones of our Nation and our ideology is that our radical are governed by civil, not military, rule,” the 22-page complaint reads.
“The Founders enshrined these principles successful our Constitution — that a authorities should beryllium accountable to its people, guided by the regularisation of law, and 1 of civilian authority, not subject rule,” it continues.
NewsNation spouse The Hill and NewsNation's Alex Caprariello, Nancy Loo and Kellie Meyer contributed to this report.
