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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Io Dodds

Pentagon draws up rules on possible use of force for Marines in Los Angeles as governor slams ‘dictatorial’ Trump

National Guard soldiers and US Department of Homeland Security officers clash with demonstrators outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles - (Frederic J. Brown / AFP via Getty)

The Pentagon is scrambling to decide clear rules for how the 700 U.S. Marines being deployed to Los Angeles by the Trump administration may use force against protesters.

The Marines will be armed with service weapons and be authorized to act in self-defense, according to internal documents and interviews with nine anonymous U.S. officials by The Associated Press.

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