Los Angeles protests live: California governor and LA mayor urge Trump to remove national guard troops

We are closing this blog now, but you can continue to monitor our live coverage of the protests in Los Angeles in our new blog here.

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In a new post on X, California governor Newsom has criticised the president further, saying:

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“Donald Trump has manufactured a crisis and is inflaming conditions.

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If he can’t solve it, we will.

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“To the bad actors — Violent acts will not be tolerated. You will be arrested. You will be prosecuted. You are doing more than just damage to buildings and property. You are damaging the very foundation of our republic. Democracy is in the balance. Donald Trump is using you as an excuse to militarize a city and circumvent our democracy.

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“To the many, many peaceful protesters —we want to keep you safe. We want you to exercise your fundamental rights.

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“And to our law enforcement on the streets— that are enforcing the laws respectfully and responsibly—we want to keep you safe as well.

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“But Donald Trump needs to pull back. He needs to stand down.”

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  LAPD does “not coordinate with immigration and customs enforcement on civil immigration enforcement”.

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  LAPD will “treat every Angelino with respect regardless of their immigration status”.

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  LAPD says: “Our job is not to divide communities or politicise law enforcement. Our job is to keep everyone safe”.

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  “We will continue to support peaceful protests and enforce the law.”

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  LAPD met with Governor Newsom, Mayor Bass, and other officials, including Ice acting director.

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  LAPD says its supports and protects the first amendment right to free speech

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  In recents days many protests across the city have been peaceful.

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  However, when peaceful protests devolve into acts of violence and vandalism, especially violence directed at innocent people, law enforcement officers “must respond firmly”.

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  Claim that LAPD delayed responding to a federal officer’s request for assistance by more than 2 hours was false.

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  LAPD response was impacted by traffic, crowd density, hazardous conditions caused by tear gas deployed by federal agents.

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  At no point did LAPD ignore or delay requests for help.

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