Protests over President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and the deployment of the National Guard boiled over on the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday as demonstrators blocked the busy 101 Freeway and set Waymo’s autonomous vehicles ablaze. Law enforcement responded with tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to disperse the escalating crowds
Hours after announcing the start of three separate, peaceful protests throughout L.A., LAPD’s Central Division announced that the city was on Tactical Alert at 2:30 p.m.
“The use of less lethal munitions has been authorized,” said LAPD. “Arrests are being made.”
In an update just before 3:30 p.m., LAPD said officers encountered demonstrators throwing “concrete, bottles and other objects.”
Some police patrolled the streets on horseback while others with riot gear lined up behind Guard troops deployed to protect federal facilities, including a detention center where some immigrants were taken in recent days.
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