Major-General Sherman, in charge of the military occupation force in LA, tells judge there was 'no rebellion'
...testifies instead that, as he understood, his forces can be deployed even if there's no threat, or no protesters breaking the law. 
___Major-General Scott Sherman, in charge of the military occupation force in Los Angeles, testified that he never heard of any rebellion during the protests. He emphasized that the military's response was directed at maintaining order and protecting federal personnel and property, despite the ongoing demonstrations against ICE.
Three officials involved in President Trump's controversial deployment of National Guard troops to respond to protests in Los Angeles testified Monday as the trial in California Gov. Gavin Newsom's lawsuit against the Trump administration began.
Mr. Trump's early June executive order calling up the Guard said the protests "constitute a form of rebellion." And the administration has justified the deployment using a law called Title 10 that allows the president to call up Guard forces during a "rebellion" or "invasion," or if he is unable "with the regular forces to execute the laws of the United States."
In one notable moment during Monday's testimony, Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman — who at one point was deployed as the commanding general of the Guard task force in Los Angeles — said he never heard the term "rebellion" used to describe the situation in the nation's second-largest city.
Sherman testified that the military could be sent whenever local law enforcement carried out an operation, even if there were no physical threats and no protesters were breaking the law.
The comments surprised San Francisco-based U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer who is overseeing the trial, who pressed him on the claim, asking: "So if there's no threat you can send out the military?" Sherman affirmed that whenever local law enforcement was carrying out an operation, the military could be sent out, explaining that a threat could develop even if no active threat was assessed.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/general-involved-in-trumps-l-a-military-deployment-testifies-he-didnt-hear-protests-described-as-rebellion-trump/
watch Adam Klansfield, who watched the first hearing via video, discuss what occurred in the courtroom:
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