Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell said in a statement that he was confident in the police department’s ability to handle large-scale demonstrations and that the Marines’ arrival without coordinating with the police department would present a “significant logistical and operational challenge.”
Corps commandant says Marines deployed to Los Angeles have not yet responded to immigration protests
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LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell said Sunday that the violent agitators included a driver who plowed through a police line on a motorcycle and another person who threw a Molotov cocktail.
'Anarchists' behind violent turn in Los Angeles' anti-ICE protests; nearly 60 arrested over weekend
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