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Los Angeles: Hello and Kumbaya from Los Angeles, where the sun shines every day, even if the streets don’t.

Earlier in the week, while jogging in Washington, DC, I was stopped by an older man from out of town who wanted to know if it was safe to be outside at that time of the evening. It was 7.30pm, still light outside, in one of the prettiest, leafiest parts of the nation’s capital, Kalorama Heights. Granted, the streets were pretty quiet. But I assured the man it was safe.

Los Angeles Police Department officers shoot rubber bullets at protesters in front of the City Hall on the weekend.Credit: Getty Images

Still, in today’s America, you can’t blame him for asking. After all, I was about to jump on a flight bound for Los Angeles to cover the immigration protests that saw US President Donald Trump dispatch the National Guard and the Marines – picking a serious fight with the biggest state in the union and generating global headlines.

And it’s not just LA. Police clashed with protesters in San Francisco and Dallas, Texas, with more........

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