After a weekend of violent and fiery protests in L.A. against ICE in the city and the county … the U.S. Marines are being called in to bolster National Guard troops and local cops in confrontations with crowds.
An eye-popping 700 Marines are set to roll into L.A. over the next 24 hours — with military officials saying they’re being sent to keep the peace, as ICE raids targeting undocumented immigrants have provoked a heated — and sometimes violent — public response.
But, the tense protests are taking place in anything but a war zone, where the Marines are usually deployed … the LAPD tells us there have been no reported deaths or homicides over the past 4 days of demonstrations in downtown L.A. and other areas.
The 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines just joined Task Force 51 — that’s an elite squad already stacked with more than 2,000 National Guard troops guarding L.A.’s federal buildings.
These troops have been trained in crowd control, de-escalation, and when to use force — but the plan is to cool things off, not light a match.
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The Marines are stepping in as street tensions keep boiling — with three straight days of chaos, violence, vandalism, torched cars and nonstop standoffs between protestors and authorities.
The incoming presence of uniformed Marines in L.A. paints a grim picture, with many Americans shocked at the concept of armed military troops on U.S. streets.
