Court injunction: ‘No legal justification for Trump to send troops without California gov request’
President Donald Trump says he sent in the National Guard and Marines to “liberate” Los Angeles from the violence of protesters, but some residents of Little Tokyo, a neighborhood hit hardest by the unrest say “no thanks” Mr President. A dozen people who live, work or frequent the neighborhood, where Japanese is heard spoken as frequently as English in shops and restaurants, on Tuesday told Reuters that Trump’s use of the military was inflaming the protests against recent immigration raids in Los Angeles. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Sharon Gaffney welcomes Ian Reifowitz, Sociopolitical Author and Distinguished Professor of Historical Studies at Empire State College of the State University of New York.