California: Newsom Declares State of Emergency in L.A., Deploys National Guard

May 31st, 2020

Via: LA Times:

Gov. Gavin Newsom late Saturday declared a state of emergency in Los Angeles county and city and activated the National Guard to assist police after two days of violent demonstrations sparked by the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a black man whose neck was pinned down by a white police officer.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti requested that Newsom mobilize the Guard less than an hour after the mayor expanded a mandator curfew, first set for downtown, to the entire city from 8 p.m. Saturday to 5:30 a.m. Sunday. Los Angeles Metro said it was suspending all transit during the curfew period.

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