section_path: Events/June 9
section_name: June 9
paragraph_text: June 9
  
  In the early afternoon of June 9, SEIU organized a rally at Grand Park with thousands of participants. Senators Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) sent a letter to the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Justice demanding that a review of the arrest of Huerta be performed. Huerta was released later that afternoon from custody on a $50,000 bond. Centro CSO held a press conference followed by a rally at Mariachi Plaza at 5:30 p.m., followed by a march to Hollenbeck Police Station in Boyle Heights.
  
  Protestors vandalized a federal building with graffiti and chanted "National Guard, Out of LA", "ICE out of LA", "Trump out of LA" and "Shame on you" in the streets. Guards with riot shields warned protestors to stay off of the property and stick to the sidewalk. Several images and videos were posted online showing masked protesters burning and spitting on American flags. After night fell, many protesters were detained with zip-ties before being loaded onto a Los Angeles Police Department bus. Other protestors threw objects at police, including fireworks. A Telemundo news van was also vandalized by protestors. Police threw flash bangs and shot rubber bullets at a crowd of protestors downtown after telling people to clear the area and stop throwing things on a loudspeaker. Several stores were looted including an Apple Store, an Adidas store, a jewelry store, and pharmacies. The words "No ICE" were spray painted on broken store windows. The Los Angeles Police Department declared a tactical alert adding that "all uniformed personnel are to remain on duty". Around 9 p.m., CNN correspondent Jason Carroll was detained and two of his camera crew were arrested. As of 9:30 p.m., police officers and deputies still maintained a large presence, but all protesters had left the area, and a cleanup effort had begun to clear debris in the streets, sweep up glass, and paint over messages/graffiti.
  
  Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump described the protesters as " insurrectionists " and then later via Truth Social while also placing the blame on Governor Newsom. Many in the media speculated that this language could give him a rationale for invoking the 1807 Insurrection Act. Trump further suggested that Governor Newsom should be arrested, saying, "I would do it if I were Tom", referring to Tom Homan, whom Newsom has taunted to go to California to arrest him. Newsom responded shortly after, saying: "This is a day I hoped I would never see in America" and "this is an unmistakable step toward authoritarianism."
  
  By midday, the number of National Guard troops deployed to Los Angeles had increased from 300 to 1,000. CNN and NBC 4 Los Angeles reported that, per the Pentagon, 700 Marines from Marine Corps Base Twentynine Palms —drawn from the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines —would deploy to Los Angeles alongside the National Guard. The same day, an additional 2,000 National Guard members were authorized by Trump for deployment, bringing the total to more than 4,100.
  
  Late Monday night, the San Francisco Chronicle published a leaked letter from Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that requested "irection to DoD forces to either detain, just as they would at any federal facility guarded by military, lawbreakers under Title 18 until they can be arrested and processed by federal law enforcement, or arrest them." Noem also asked for "drone surveillance support" as well as weapons and logistics assistance in Los Angeles.