‘Mass arrests’ after curfew issued for metropolis’s downtown space
Welcome to the Guardian’s continued protection of the protests in Los Angeles. In case you are simply tuning in, here’s a useful abstract to deliver you up to the mark.
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The LAPD says it has made ‘mass arrests’ in downtown LA after the Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for the city’s downtown area following a number of days of intense protests in opposition to Ice raids. The protests have been marked by clashes between demonstrators and legislation enforcement, widespread vandalism and a few looting. The curfew started at 8pm native time on Tuesday and can final till 6am native time on Wednesday. It is going to apply to a one-square-mile space in downtown.
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California governor Gavin Newsom delivered a searing rebuke of the Trump administration on Tuesday night, accusing the federal government of “pulling a navy dragnet” throughout LA and warning democracy is “underneath assault earlier than our eyes”. The Democratic governor’s remarks come after Trump ordered the deployment of practically 5,000 troops, together with Nationwide Guard and Marines, to the nation’s second-largest metropolis.
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Protests in opposition to the Trump administration’s newly intensified immigration raids, centred on Los Angeles, spread across the country on Tuesday, with demonstrations in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Omaha and Seattle. 1000’s attended a protest in opposition to the federal authorities’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) in New York City’s Foley Square.
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A federal district court docket choose declined California’s request to challenge a right away non permanent restraining order that might bar Marines and Nationwide Guard troops dispatched to Los Angeles from doing something apart from guarding federal buildings. The choose as an alternative scheduled a listening to for Thursday on the state’s request for a restraining order.
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Trump delivered a deeply partisan, political speech to the avowedly non-partisan US military at Fort Bragg, the place he known as Los Angeles “a trash heap”, repeated baseless conspiracy theories and introduced he was not but carried out altering the names of navy bases again to honour confederates. Trump mentioned he would “liberate Los Angeles and make it free, clear, and protected once more”.
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Trump denied accusing California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, of paying agitators to show the protests within the metropolis violent. Video footage from his speech at Fort Bragg simply hours earlier, exhibits him clearly making the accusation.
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Texas governor orders nationwide guard to deploy for protests in San Antonio
Edward Helmore
The governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, has ordered the state’s nationwide guard to deploy to the town of San Antonio forward of immigration-related protests deliberate for this week, saying the troopers are “on standby”.
Abbott posted on social media late final night time that the nationwide guard “will probably be deployed to areas throughout the state to make sure peace & order. Peaceable protest is authorized. Harming an individual or property is prohibited & will result in arrest.”
He added that the Texas nationwide guard – the biggest of its type within the US, with 22,000 troopers and airmen – “will use each device & technique to assist legislation enforcement preserve order”.
Abbott’s transfer to mobilize troops follows Donald Trump’s resolution on Saturday to ship the California nationwide guard into Los Angeles after some restricted and largely peaceable protests in opposition to immigration raids. California leaders described the sending of the troops, after which 700 US marines, as a deliberate provocation.
Widespread demonstrations in opposition to the Trump administration’s deportation raids are anticipated as we speak, in line with local media reports, and on Saturday nationwide protests are deliberate as a part of a “No Kings” occasion, in line with organizers. Trump has deliberate a navy parade in Washington for a similar day and has threatened to deal with any protesters harshly, regardless of the fitting to protest being enshrined within the US structure.
In contrast to in California, the place neither the state governor not native civic leaders requested for navy assist – and the place the state has sued to have them removed – in Texas the guard was reportedly despatched after San Antonio legislation enforcement requested their help. According to the San Antonio Express News, the town police chief, William McManus, contacted state officers on Monday night time looking for to verify the presence of guardsmen within the metropolis.
Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, later mentioned that nationwide guard troopers “are on standby in areas the place mass demonstrations are deliberate in case they’re wanted”.
“Peaceable protests are a part of the material of our nation, however Texas is not going to tolerate the lawlessness we now have seen in Los Angeles,” Mahaleris mentioned in an announcement final night time. “Anybody participating in acts of violence or damaging property will probably be swiftly held accountable to the total extent of the legislation.”
A press convention is deliberate for as we speak to debate preparations for the protests within the metropolis. On Sunday about 300 protesters had gathered in downtown San Antonio, some carrying flags and indicators studying: “Abolish ICE”, “Energy to the Folks”, and “Mexicans Ain’t Going Anyplace”.
Trump once more calls on Fed to decrease charges by ‘one full level’, calling inflation figures ‘nice’
One other day, one other publish from Donald Trump calling on the Fed to decrease rates of interest.
He has this morning reiterated his view that the Federal Reserve ought to reduce rates of interest by one share level, saying the newest inflation figures had been “nice”.
“CPI simply out. Nice numbers! Fed ought to decrease one full level. Would pay a lot much less curiosity on debt coming due. So essential!!!,” Trump wrote on Fact Social in all capital letters.
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to have any public occasions as we speak the place he’s scheduled to talk, however we’ll hear from White Home press secretary Karoline Leavitt when she briefs reporters at 1pm ET. I’ll deliver you any key traces from that.
Here’s a map of the downtown space of Los Angeles the place mayor Karen Bass introduced an in a single day curfew, which was imposed for 10 hours from 8pm to 6am native time, after days of protests.
Late final night time native time, the LAPD wrote on X that “a number of teams” continued to congregate inside the designated downtown curfew space. “These teams are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated,” it mentioned.
A girl strolling residence alone was shot at shut vary by what gave the impression to be non deadly ammunition by officers on the road through the anti-Ice protests in Los Angeles. A witness caught the second on digicam and ran to assist the lady earlier than they had been shot at once more and advised to maneuver. You’ll be able to watch it right here:
Trump to attend Les Misérables at Kennedy Heart tonight
Donald Trump and first woman Melania will attend the opening night time of Les Misérables on the Kennedy Heart tonight, months after the president orchestrated a conservative takeover of its management.
Deriding the Kennedy Heart on social media for placing on “Drag Exhibits particularly concentrating on our youth”, Trump in February pushed out its former chairman, fired its longtime president and pledged to overtake an establishment he described as being in large disrepair. Trump reshaped the board along with his personal appointees after which appointed himself as chair.
The fallout has been swift. The musical Hamilton canceled plans to look there, employees left and gross sales of subscriptions and particular person tickets for Kennedy Heart exhibits have dropped.
The president ceaselessly performed songs from musicals, together with Les Mis, at his rallies. And sure, the irony of his look on the present, which is at its coronary heart about residents rising up in opposition to their authoritarian authorities, simply days after he sent marines and the national guard to quell protests in opposition to his administration’s immigration raids in Los Angeles, just isn’t misplaced on us.
Enhanced safety will probably be in place all day, and we’ll see if Trump will get an analogous reception to his vice-president JD Vance when he attended a show back in March.
CNN reported final month that not less than 10 solid members deliberate to boycott the manufacturing when Trump attends.
Adam Gabbatt
The weekend’s occasions in Los Angeles performed out on rightwing TV channels and within the conservative podcasting realm had been nearly as depressing, as excitable media figures decried protesters as “invaders”, known as for each the mass arrest of elected officers and the invocation of a two-century outdated legal guidelines and used the chaos to push racist conspiracy theories.
The clamor for arrests primarily targeted on Gavin Newsom, California’s Democratic governor, as rightwing media adopted the lead of the US president, who first made the suggestion over the weekend. Donald Trump didn’t seem to know underneath what legislation Newsom must be arrested, and the conservative commentariat wasn’t positive both. Nonetheless, it didn’t cease them crying for the California governor to be positioned in handcuffs.
Sean Hannity, the Fox Information host, claimed Newsom “must be arrested for obstructing US immigration legislation”, whilst Tom Homan, the border czar, mentioned Newsom hadn’t done anything to warrant detention. Wayne Root, a bunch on the rightwing channel Actual America TV, suggested Newsom must be charged with “treason” and be detained at Guantanamo Bay whereas he awaits trial. “Make certain he showers with MS-13,” Root added, a take that, even for the rightwing media cesspool, was notably macabre.
However the fitting wasn’t simply calling for the caging of Newsom. Some wished Karen Bass, the mayor of Los Angeles, to be arrested too, together with Steve Bannon, Trump’s former chief strategist adviser-turned-podcast host.
“Proper there, LAPD,” Bannon announced on Monday, apparently underneath the impression that the complete LA police power was listening to his Warfare Room present. “The mayor is concerned on this and having the stand down [sic]. She should be arrested as we speak. Instantly.”
Musk says he regrets a few of his posts about Trump
It comes as Elon Musk said on X at 3am this morning that he “regrets” among the issues he posted as he and Donald Trump traded insults on social media final week, saying “they went too far”.
The tech billionaire didn’t clarify why he’d had the sudden change of coronary heart, nor did he elaborate on which posts precisely he regretted (he has many to select from), nevertheless it does comply with his resolution to delete various his most stunning posts, together with the Jeffrey Epstein one.
In the event you want a reminder of what was mentioned, try this challenge of our First Version e-newsletter, from my colleague Archie Bland.
‘I’ve no laborious emotions’: Trump doesn’t rule out reconciliation with Musk – New York Publish
Donald Trump has advised the New York Post that he has “no laborious emotions” after Elon Musk publicly savaged his “huge, lovely invoice” and the 2 had a spectacular falling-out final week (sure, that was solely per week in the past), although the president famous that he was “not a cheerful camper” on the time.
“I’ve no laborious emotions,” Trump mentioned. “I used to be actually stunned that that occurred.”
He mentioned he believed the invoice was “coming collectively so nicely” however when Musk attacked it, “I used to be not a cheerful camper.”
Trump mentioned he was “disillusioned” in Musk, however added that “issues like that occur” and “I don’t blame him for something.”
Requested if he and Musk might reconcile, the president mentioned: “I suppose I might.”
However he appeared to recommend that it wasn’t a precedence for him proper now: “My sole perform now’s getting this nation again to a stage increased than it’s ever been. And I believe we are able to try this.”
Listed below are some extra photos from the protests…
Trump takes early-morning dig at Newsom
President Donald Trump is awake, and has already taken pictures at California Governor Gavin Newsom.
“The INCOMPETENT Governor of California was unable to supply safety in a well timed method when our Ice Officers, GREAT Patriots they’re, had been attacked by an uncontrolled mob of agitators, troublemakers, and/or insurrectionists. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!,” Trump wrote Wednesday morning on a publish on his Fact Social social media platform.
Judith Levine
My colleague, Judith Levine, has written a remark piece about Trump’s resolution to deploy US troops to LA, arguing that his actions quantity to “tender authoritarianism”.
On Monday, the Pentagon despatched 700 active-duty marines to Los Angeles and doubled the variety of nationwide guard troops deployed there to 4,000, to quell protests Donald Trump mentioned on Sunday had been already “underneath management”, “nonetheless simmering … however not very a lot”.
The identical day, the US president used the phrase “insurrectionists” to explain demonstrators in opposition to the unprecedentedly giant and fierce immigration deportation raids by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) that began on Friday in that metropolis. The comment echoed his long-held need to invoke the 1807 Rebel Act, which might authorize him to ship the navy anyplace within the nation to place down dissent.
Learn the total piece right here…
Right here’s an explainer of the LA protests…
Democratic senator Bernie Sanders has excoriated President Donald Trump’s resolution to deploy navy personnel in LA.
In a video publish on social media platform X, Sanders argued that Trump’s actions weren’t made on account of any issues about immigration, however symbolize nothing greater than a lurch for extra energy.
“What’s occurring is all about Trump’s endless need for increasingly energy,” Sanders mentioned. “Calling out the nationwide guard is the accountability of the governor of the state, not the president of america, and what Trump is doing is solely making an attempt to place increasingly energy into his personal fingers when it comes to the navy.”
Sanders went on to name for individuals to return collectively and stand in opposition to authoritarianism and for democracy.
There are three hours left of the curfew in Los Angeles, and the Los Angeles Police Division (LAPD) has known as on companies to report damages to property.
The LAPD earlier mentioned mass arrests have been made. The curfew will raise at 6am native time.
Curfew is in impact till 6 am.
Companies and residents are requested to doc all harm and vandalism to properties. Full a police report on line at https://t.co/mfC8vj5Qil.
To report anonymously report at LACRIMESTOPPERS.
— LAPD Central Division (@LAPDCentral) June 11, 2025
