Demonstrations turned violent over the weekend as protesters reacted following ICE raids on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles, Calif. President Trump deployed 2,000 troops from the National Guard to the city in a move California’s governor called ‘purposefully inflammatory.’
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Members of the National Guard stand guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. US President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 troops on June 7 to handle escalating protests against immigration enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area, a move the state’s governor termed “purposefully inflammatory.” Federal agents clashed with angry crowds in a Los Angeles suburb as protests stretched into a second night Saturday, shooting flash-bang grenades and shutting part of a freeway amid raids on undocumented migrants, reports said.
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With members of the National Guard in the background, U.S. Representative Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks to reporters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC, in downtown Los Angeles, California on June 8, 2025. Hundreds of National Guard troops took up positions in Los Angeles on June 8 on U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders, a rare deployment against the state governor’s wishes after sometimes violent protests against immigration enforcement raids.
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Looters break into a gas station’s market place as demonstrators and law enforcement clash with demonstrators during a protest following federal immigration operations, in the Compton neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., early on June 8, 2025.
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Law enforcement officers stand guard as they face off with demonstrators during a protest following federal immigration operations, in the Compton neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., early on June 8, 2025.
