LA Mayor Karen Bass has declared a curfew for parts of downtown Los Angeles in response to looting and violence during protests against immigration raids
And in a televised address, California Governor Gavin Newsom attacks Donald Trump for inflaming LA situation
The US president said the protests were an “assault on peace and public order” and he doubled down on deploying more troops to the city
California officials say they weren’t notified – Bass says the way to dismantle protests is to end the raids, while Newsom is suing over the federal government’s response
A defence official tells CBS that around 2,100 members of the California National Guard are now in the Los Angeles area, along with 700 Marines
Protests this week have been generally calmer, our correspondent Peter Bowes writes, but the prospect of Marines on the streets has sent shivers through communities
