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In Los Angeles, 38 people were arrested downtown on Saturday night, police said Sunday. In Huntington Beach, police arrested a convicted felon they said had a loaded handgun.
Los Angeles has been the sight of massive protests against ICE raids. Multiple people have been arrested and at least two journalists have been injured
Demonstrators gathered in communities large and small. Many events on the East Coast have ended, but police clashed with some protesters in L.A.
Mayor Karen Bass says people involved in causing damage during anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles will be prosecuted.
Large crowds gathered near a federal detention center in downtown Los Angeles Friday protesting immigration raids that had taken place throughout the city.
Mayor Bass asserts Los Angeles is ready for upcoming events and stresses peaceful protest, with a firm stance against violence and vandalism.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday did not rule out invoking the Insurrection Act if necessary to squash violence at the Los Angeles protests. “If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it,” Trump said.
A relative state of calm in Los Angeles began to crumble early Sunday afternoon as demonstrators confronted federal authorities guarding a downtown detention facility where chaos erupted as National Guard soldiers deployed tear gas on an increasingly agitated crowd.
About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home.
California mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew in downtown Los Angeles to prevent vandalism and looting during immigration enforcement protests.Protest