The extraordinary mobilization of 700 full-time professional military personnel -- who join hundreds of National Guard troops already there -- looked likely to further stoke tensions in a city with a huge Latino population.
“US Marines have served honorably across multiple wars in defense of democracy,“ Newsom posted on X.
The deployment came after demonstrators took over streets in Downtown LA on Sunday, torching cars and looting stores in ugly scenes that saw law enforcement responding with tear gas and rubber bullets.
On social media he said he had deployed National Guard troops “to deal with the violent, instigated riots” and “if we had not done so, Los Angeles would have been completely obliterated.”
One small businessowner whose property was graffitied was supportive of the strongarm tactics.
“Everybody has the right to protest, but do it the right way. Don’t vandalize or hurt your own town because you’re hurting people that are trying to make a living.”
“They’re meant to be protecting us, but instead, they’re like, being sent to attack us,“ Kelly Diemer, 47, told AFP. “This is not a democracy anymore.”
A fourth day of protest was unfolding in Los Angeles triggered by dozens of arrests of what authorities say are illegal migrants and gang members.
A swelling crowd was converging on the center, where Los Angeles Police Department officers were forming containment lines seemingly aimed at separating demonstrators from federal agents.
Many locals painted a different picture.
Overnight, vandals had set fires and smashed windows, adding to the scenes of damage left after five Waymo self-driving cars were torched. Obscene graffiti was daubed over many surfaces.
Schools across Los Angeles were operating normally on Monday, while the rhythms of life in the sprawling city appeared largely unchanged.
At least 56 people were arrested over two days and five officers suffered minor injuries, Los Angeles Police Department officials said, while about 60 people were arrested in protests in San Francisco.
Trump’s deployment of the force -- the first over the head of a state governor since 1965 at the height of the civil rights movement -- was criticized by Democrats, including Kamala Harris.
The United Nations warned against “further militarization” of the situation, in remarks likely to anger the White House.
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