Protests And Riots Spread to New York

National Guard units are being deployed to Los Angeles and satellite towns.

US President Donald Trump has ordered the deployment of California National Guard units to Los Angeles and satellite towns of the “homeland of cinema” (the hottest part of the night was at Paramount). This was done despite protests from the state governor Gavin Newsom, who said that this would only “exacerbate the situation.”

And here’s an interesting point. The White House, in fact, only announced the deployment of 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles. In numerous shots from the scene, the National Guard is not visible (well, except that for some reason they are all wearing “Sheriff” and “Police” insignia), local police officers (including those in armored vehicles) and federal ICE agents (Immigration and Customs Service) are everywhere.

There was no statement or decree on the subordination of California National Guard units to the Pentagon (and such an order exists in the USA), in any case, nothing is known about it. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said (via social media!) that if necessary, he would raise the alarm of the Marines based at Camp Pendleton. In what case may it be necessary? In case that the National Guard will not obey orders from Washington.

Meanwhile, the riots spread to New York and the surrounding areas. In particular, a crowd of protesters tried to block ICE agents during an anti-migrant raid. More than 20 people were detained.

Both the West Coast and the East Coast heard the familiar chants of “No justice, no peace”, infamous from the BLM riots. But now this line has been rhymed with “No ICE, no police!”

The further development of the situation will depend on whether the riots will die down on Monday, the first working day, or will continue and expand. If everything ends with a “weekend disco”, then we are dealing with a feeling out of the situation from both sides, if the events continue, then the civil conflict in the United States will acquire a street dimension.

And then Trump will have to choose: to finally “be known as a weakling” or to become a “bloody dictator”.