Overview

• A federal judge barred National Guard troops remaining in Los Angeles from carrying out arrests, searches, patrols, traffic stops or evidence collection, with the order set to take effect Friday unless stayed.
• Judge Charles Breyer wrote that protests and crimes in Los Angeles did not amount to a rebellion or a failure of local law enforcement, grounding the injunction in the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.
• The ruling is limited to California and does not remove federal forces from Los Angeles or constrain deployments in places with different command structures such as Washington, D.C.
• The administration deployed several thousand Guardsmen and about 700 Marines to Los Angeles in June; court filings indicate roughly 300 Guards remained after most forces were withdrawn.
• Trump renewed threats to send the Guard to Chicago, prompting a Labor Day protest estimated at 5,000 to 10,000 people and a city decree of noncooperation alongside planned state and municipal lawsuits.