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Downtown Los Angeles was bustling with dog-walkers and commuters touting coffee cup after the first night of curfew meant to tamp down tensions following days of protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.
6:30 p.m.: More than 100 people gathered at the immigration services building and detention center in downtown Los Angeles to protest the raids. DHS officers fired pepper balls at the protesters before the Los Angeles Police Department dispersed the crowd.
Demonstrators hit the streets again in L.A. after President Trump deployed the National Guard due to protests against ICE raids.
Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman announced that more than a dozen individuals have been charged with felonies and misdemeanors in connection with recent immigration protests in Downtown Los Angeles,
Meanwhile, two men are being charged by the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles for possession of an unregistered destructive device for their alleged roles in the LA protest violence, federal prosecutors announced. Emiliano Galvez and Wrackkie Quiogue are both accused of trying to throw Molotov cocktails at police, according to federal prosecutors.
Anti-ICE protests continue in Los Angeles after the National Guard was deployed following immigration enforcement actions.
National Guard troops already have temporarily detained civilians in the Los Angeles protests over immigration raids.