Judge Rules Trump's Deployment of Troops to L.A. Illegal
TL;DR
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the Posse Comitatus Act by deploying National Guard troops and Marines to Los Angeles for crowd control and law enforcement activities, which the judge said was an overreach and illegal use of military force in civilian law enforcement.
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