Troops were used to protect federal property and personnel in Los Angeles in recent months even though intelligence assessments showed little danger, two military officials testified on Monday at a landmark trial over President Donald Trump’s authority to use soldiers to police American streets.

The three-day non-jury trial before San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer will determine whether the government violated a 19th-century law that bars the military from civil law enforcement when Trump deployed the troops in June, as the state of California claims in its legal challenge.

Los Angeles experienced days of unrest and protests sparked by mass immigration raids at places where people gather to find work, like Home Depot stores, a garment factory and a warehouse.

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