First Thing: Police clash with protesters in Los Angeles as opposition to Trump intensifies

Thousands take to streets to protest against Ice raids and president’s deployment of national guard. Plus, single Black women on Covid, five years laterDon’t already get First Thing in your inbox? Sign up hereGood morning.Federal agents clashed with demonstrators in Los Angeles on Sunday as police used teargas and “less-lethal munitions” to disperse massive crowds of people protesting against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and his deployment of the California national guard against the will of the state’s elected leaders.When was the last time a president made a similar decision? Trump’s federalization of the guard troops is the first time an American president has used such power since the 1992 LA riots that followed the acquittal of four white police officers for brutally beating Black motorist Rodney King, and the first without a request by the governor since 1965.What do the countries have in common? While five of the countries on the new ban list are not majority-Muslim, including Republic of the Congo, Myanmar, Eritrea and Equatorial Guinea, as well as Haiti, the list does target citizens of non-white countries in the developing world, fueling criticisms that the ban is fundamentally racist and shaped by “bigotry”. Continue reading...

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