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Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
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The power of the US military will be sharply on display this weekend – on two different coasts and in two very different ways.
President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.
Here is what happened on each day the protests against immigration detention operations in the Los Angeles area.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had conducted several raids across Los Angeles County, which sparked protests. Mr Trump likened them to a “rebellion” and invoked a rarely used statute to deploy at least 2,
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The protests taking place across Los Angeles are heightening fears in America's largest county, a place still recovering from the wildfires tragedy.
A seaplane pilot, the sole occupant of the aircraft, made an emergency water landing Thursday at the Port of Los Angeles and was uninjured. The plane landed around 2:30 p.m., prompting a response from the U.S. Coast Guard, Los Angeles Port Police and Los Angeles Fire Department, according to LAFD spokesman Brian Humphrey.