“Rain will not stop us, and after rain comes rainbows,” said one speaker from the stage.
on Saturday was necessary to “address the lawlessness” in California. Newsom said Trump’s order was a “complete overreaction,” used to “purposely inflammatory and will only escalate tensions.”Some of the previous National Guard deployments have preserved peace amid violent crackdowns from local law enforcement or threats from vigilantes, but sometimes they have intensified tensions among people who were protesting for civil rights or racial equality.
On rare occasion, presidents have invoked an 18th-century wartime law called the Insurrection Act, which is the main legal mechanism that a president can use to activate the military or National Guard during times of rebellion or unrest. Other times they relied on a similar federal law that allows the president to federalize National Guard troops under certain circumstances, which is what Trump did on Saturday.Here is a look at some of the most notable deployments:Members of the National Guard watch as demonstrators march along Hollywood Boulevard on June 2, 2020, in Los Angeles during a protest over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)
Members of the National Guard watch as demonstrators march along Hollywood Boulevard on June 2, 2020, in Los Angeles during a protest over the death of George Floyd. (AP Photo/Ringo H.W. Chiu)Almost five years ago, Newsom
National Guard troops to quell protests over racial injustice inspired by the death of George Floyd in Minnesota. Well over half of the troops deployed in California were sent to Los Angeles County, where police arrested more than 3,000 people. City officials at the time, including then-Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, supported Newsom’s decision.
FILE — In this June 4, 2020 file photo a member of the California National Guard stands in front of a mural depicting George Floyd in Los Angeles. On Thursday June 11, 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Administration announced it cost more than $24 million to deploy 8,000 National Guard members for 18 days during the recent protests of racial injustice inspired by the death of Floyd on May 25 in Minneapolis. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)Shane Lowry recalls seeing it for the first time on the Sunday before the 2016 U.S. Open. He started on No. 10, played five holes and walked in, wondering how he could ever manage a decent score around Oakmont. A week later, he went into the final round with a four-shot lead.
“It was firm and fast when I played it that Sunday, and it was windy. We got a bit of rain that week, which helped us,” Lowry recalled.The flip side was Adam Scott. He first played Oakmont the week before 2007 U.S. Open with Geoff Ogilvy, who was the defending U.S. Open champion that year.
“I played really great that day and Geoff didn’t, so I was feeling really chipper about myself,” Scott said. He returned a week later feeling confident as ever.“I hit six greens in two days and flew back to Australia,” he said. “It really hit me hard.”