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LA Mayor Garcetti: ‘No’ National Guard, ‘This Is Not 1992’; Later Calls For National Guard

Frank Camp
LA Mayor Garcetti: ‘No’ National Guard, ‘This Is Not 1992’; Later Calls For National Guard
Pool photo by Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

On Saturday, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti stressed during a press conference pertaining to the ongoing riots that the city would not “call in the National Guard.” A short while later, Garcetti tweeted that “the California National Guard” was coming to LA.

“Would you support calling in the National Guard?” asked a reporter.

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