Democrats were walking a line between criticizing the White House for sending troops to put down protests in L.A. and the violence that Trump says caused him to act.

It's been five days since anti-ICE demonstrations erupted in Los Angeles, some turning violent between protesters and law enforcement officers, prompting President Trump to deploy National Guard troops and hundreds of Marines.

LOS ANGELES − Two people have been charged with throwing firebombs during five days of protests that have rocked a downtown section of the city and prompted President Trump' controversial decision to send 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines here, authorities said Wednesday.

The California National Guard arrived in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning, stopping in front of the Hall of Justice next to city hall. New video shows troops driving through Paramount, near Alondra and Orange.

By the time the sun loomed high over the County Administration Center along the San Diego Bay, where another president in another time dedicated the historic structure where the noblest motive is the public good,

LA residents who surveyed the damage after the protests on June 8 were disillusioned by what unfolded in their city and feared what might come next.

Don’t think that somehow because they called out the National Guard there was violence. There was no violence. I was on the street, I know.”

LA’s anti-ICE protests have dominated headlines and television news stations over the last week. And depending on where you’ve been consuming your media, it might seem that Los Angeles is currently in a citywide meltdown.

Posts using fake images and baseless claims have sought to connect protests to left-wing Latin American governments, similar to misinformation that has swirled around previous news events.