President Trump deploys the National Guard to Los Angeles
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🗓️ 9 June 2025
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles yesterday, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving vehicles on fire, after President Trump deployed National Guard troops to the city. Local law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd. Last night, the police department declared all of downtown LA to be an “unlawful assembly,” ordering demonstrators to leave the area immediately. The good news is that there is a way to resolve this “great difficulty,” one as available to us as our next prayer.
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| 0:59.0 | I'm Chris Elkins' narrator. Today's daily article is written by our cultural theologian, |
| 1:04.3 | co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Los Angeles yesterday, blocking off a major |
| 1:13.8 | freeway and setting self-driving vehicles on fire after President Trump deployed National Guard |
| 1:20.0 | troops to the city. Local law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flashbangs to |
| 1:25.8 | control the crowd. Last night, the police department declared all of downtown L.A. to be an unlawful assembly, |
| 1:33.9 | ordering demonstrators to leave the area immediately. |
| 1:37.0 | Mr. Trump deployed the guard despite objections from Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles |
| 1:41.7 | Mayor Karen Bass. |
| 1:43.3 | White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt said the move |
| 1:46.5 | was a result of violent mobs attacking federal law enforcement agents carrying out basic deportation |
| 1:53.5 | operations in recent days. More protests are scheduled for today. Last night, police arrested |
| 1:59.6 | approximately 60 people in San Francisco |
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