A full Marine battalion, or around 500 Marines, based out of Twentynine Palms in California have been mobilized to respond to protests in LA.
United States Marine Corps Helicopter Gunships are now being seen flying between skyscrapers in Los Angeles, BELOW ROOFTOP LEVEL! One such gunship is pictured above.
The deployment of the full Marine battalion marks a significant escalation in Trump’s use of the military as a show of force against protesters, but it is still unclear what their task will be once in LA, the sources said.
Like the National Guard troops, Marines are prohibited from conducting law enforcement activity like making arrests unless Trump invokes the Insurrection Act.
Talk in Washington, DC reveals such conversations ARE taking place today. How much longer the protests/riots continue or, if they start erupting in other cities, will be a big indicator of invocation of the Insurrection Act.
