On June 7, 2025, following protests over ICE raids in Latino-majority areas of Los Angeles, Trump deployed more than 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines without state approval, acting under the precedent of the rarely invoked Insurrection Act, though without formally invoking it.

The troops were deployed in waves over several days, bypassing the governor’s authority, as Trump described the protests as “a form of rebellion,” marking the first federal deployment to a U.S. city without state consent since 1965.

In the aftermath, a wave of misleading visuals and false claims surfaced online, many of which were wrongly tied to the unrest.

Misbar investigated major claims amid confusion from the overwhelming flood of visuals during the Los Angeles protests.

Credible Footage Linked To Recent LA Protests Misleadingly Labeled and Taken Out of Context

Authentic images published exclusively by the San Francisco Chronicle on June 9, 2025, show National Guard troops deployed by the Trump administration sleeping on floors in Los Angeles federal buildings without basic accommodations.

However, these photos were misleadingly mislabeled and falsely linked to the 2021 U.S. troop withdrawal from Kabul under the Biden administration, a claim amplified by inaccurate AI chatbot responses, including ChatGPT and Grok.

Additionally, an authentic 1992 video of National Guard deployment in Los Angeles under President George H.W. Bush resurfaced, often compared to Trump’s deployment.

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