About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles to protect federal property and personnel. Some troops were seen outside a federal building by midday Friday. Maj. Gen.

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — About 200 Marines have moved into Los Angeles and will protect federal property, personnel, the commander in charge says. Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman, commander of Task Force 51 who is overseeing the 4,700 troops deployed, said Friday that the Marines have finished training on civil disturbance.

The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.

The U.S. government has deployed National Guard and Marines in the city where police have used rubber bullets and tear gas — a repeat of June 2013 scenes that flared in Rio de Janeiro three years before the Brazilian city hosted the Olympics.