700 Marines Deployed to L.A. After Days of Public Protests In opposition to ICE Raids

After a weekend of violent and fiery protests in L.A. in opposition to ICE within the metropolis and the county … the U.S. Marines are being known as in to bolster Nationwide Guard troops and native cops in confrontations with crowds.

An eye fixed-popping 700 Marines are set to roll into L.A. over the following 24 hours — with navy officers saying they’re being despatched to maintain the peace, as ICE raids focusing on undocumented immigrants have provoked a heated — and typically violent — public response.

However, the tense protests are happening in something however a warfare zone, the place the Marines are normally deployed … the LAPD tells us there have been no reported deaths or homicides over the previous 4 days of demonstrations in downtown L.A. and different areas.

The 2nd Battalion, seventh Marines simply joined Process Pressure 51 — that’s an elite squad already stacked with greater than 2,000 Nationwide Guard troops guarding L.A.’s federal buildings.

These troops have been educated in crowd management, de-escalation, and when to make use of drive — however the plan is to chill issues off, not gentle a match.

The Marines are stepping in as road tensions hold boiling — with three straight days of chaos, violence, vandalism, torched vehicles and nonstop standoffs between protestors and authorities.