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A relative state of calm in Los Angeles began to crumble early Sunday afternoon as demonstrators confronted federal authorities guarding a downtown detention facility where chaos erupted as National Guard soldiers deployed tear gas on an increasingly agitated crowd.

An already tense situation began to escalate as a line of troops sent in by President Donald Trump the previous night – against the will of state officials –started forming what’s called a “skirmish line” around 1 p.m. The troops used riot shields to push the crowd back to make way for a convoy of approaching law enforcement vehicles. CNN

The soldiers were heavily armed, carrying standard-use M4 military rifles affixed with ma

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