LOS ANGELES — A cloud of uncertainty hung over Los Angeles on Tuesday, as Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for a small portion of the city to stop the vandalism that some local business owners and residents have grown weary of.
City officials say opportunists have come in to smash storefronts and loot businesses after peaceful protesters leave.
Questions remained over the role that Marines and National Guard troops would play after being called in by President Donald Trump amid protests over immigration raids in the area.
The 700 Marines arrived in the Los Angeles area, but they hadn't been called to respond to the protests as of Tuesday afternoon and were only there to protect federal officials and property, the Marine Corps commandant said.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who objected to Trump's deployment of troops, including roughly 4,000 National Guard members, filed an emergency motion in federal court seeking to block them from being used to assist with immigration raids. The governor's request said it was in response to a change in orders that had been issued for the Guard.
It appears to be the first time in decades that a state's National Guard was activated without a request from its governor. Trump said in a social media post that the city would have been ''completely obliterated'' if he hadn't sent Guard members to the city over the weekend.
Here are some things to know about the lawsuit, the protests and the troop deployments:
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