Judge blocks Trump from deploying National Guard in L.A.
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This was one among thousands of similar protests that occurred over the weekend, all with the aim to denounce Donald Trump’s overreach and to reject “authoritarianism, billionaire-first politics, and the militarization of (US) democracy.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta acknowledged the appeals court may not be ‘the last stop’ in this fight with the Trump administration.
According to experts, Trump is the first President to deploy the National Guard without a request from the state Governor since 1965, when President Lyndon B. Johnson sent federal troops to Alabama to protect those partaking in a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, led by Martin Luther King Jr.
Roughly 20,000 people were believed to have attended the demonstration against the Trump administration's policies.
Organizers say weekend protests against President Trump and his policies drew millions of people nationwide. The demonstrations were held as Trump hosted a military parade in Washington, D.C. NPR’s Brian Mann reports.
Thousands of demonstrators in Austin and around the country protested against the Trump administration. Capitol grounds closed around 8 and marched to the federal building.