‘This is our city’: Furious immigrants vow to ‘defend’ LA against Trump crackdown

The pop of flash bangs and the drawing of rubber bullet launchers by police sent protesters scattering down streets in downtown LA during a fourth day of demonstrations against Donald Trump’s immigration policy. Dozens of National Guard – America’s reserve force – carrying shields and long guns, created a perimeter around a federal building as protesters angrily shouted at them. “National Guard out of LA,” they chanted, followed by a chorus of “shame, shame, shame”. The arrival of National Guard troops on the streets, with a total of 4,000 now deployed by President Trump against the wishes of California governor…