LAPD calls for protesters to disperse immediately
It’s just past 10pm in Los Angeles, where the LAPD has urged remaining protesters to leave immediately.
In a post on X, the city police department said:
“Demonstrators have marched to the LA Live area and are blocking all lanes of traffic on Figueroa and 11th St. An UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY has been declared for the Downtown Los Angeles area. You are to leave the area immediately.”
Earlier this evening LAPD police chief Jim McDonnell said the police supported peaceful protest, but any acts of violence and criminality would be swiftly dealt with by law enforcement officers.
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Courtney Liss, 31, told The New York Times that she was standing to the side of the San Francisco protest on Sunday when police charged forward.
The lawyer told the outlet:
They were shoving people back, and they shoved me into a fire hydrant.
I got hit with a baton three times.
She added that a recent protest she attended that had been conducted by lawyers dressed in suits had not elicited a response from police.
The arrests in San Francisco come as individuals demonstrate their support of the protests taking place in Los Angeles.
Pictures from the city show police officers holding batons and dressed in riot gear with protestors stationed in front of them.
The New York Times reports that at least one San Francisco protester hurled an egg in the officers’ direction, while another threw a glass bottle that shattered on the ground behind police, leading to dozens of more officers arriving.
Garbage cans and traffic cones were also seen being thrown into the middle of the street, while another protestor was spotted smashing the glass window of Chase Bank.
The group reportedly chanted, “Fascist pigs, off our streets!” and “Why are you in riot gear? We don’t see a riot here.”
60 arrested and three police officers injured in San Francisco
Approximately 60 people, including juveniles, have been arrested and three police officers injured following unrest in San Francisco on Sunday, the city’s police force has confirmed.
The force said individuals in a group on Sansome and Washington streets became “violent” at around 7:01pm PDT, committing crimes ranging from assault to felony vandalism and property damage.
SFPD declared an unlawful assembly, while several individuals reportedly remained and continued to engage in illegal activity after others dispersed from the area.
The police said:
Two officers suffered non-life threatening injuries and one was transported to a local hospital for further medical assistance.
The remaining group continued towards Market and Kearny streets where individuals vandalized buildings and an SFPD patrol vehicle, while others splintered off and continued to vandalize property.
Officers detained individuals refusing to disperse after a small group continued on to the 200 block of Montgomery street, reportedly refusing to leave the area. One firearm was recovered at the scene.
LA mayor Karen Bass has asked residents of the city not to engage in violence or chaos.
The comments came after the mayor met with officials including California’s governor Gavin Newsom and LAPD police chief Jim McDonnell to discuss the safety of Angelenos.
She said: “Angelenos — don’t engage in violence and chaos. Don’t give the administration what they want.”
The mayor and Newsom had previously asked the administration to rescind its order to deploy troops, with the California governor calling it a “a serious breach of state sovereignty.”
City of Glendale terminates Ice contract
The City of Glendale, California, has announced that it is formally terminating its agreement with the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice).
The agreement allowed federal immigration detainees to be held at the Glendale Police Department facility. The space reportedly offered access to virtual and in-person visitation as well as facilities such as telephones, showers and drinking water.
The city said in a release published shortly after 7:09pm PDT on Sunday evening that the decision had not been made lightly. It said that it acknowledged “with regret” that some families may now face greater difficulty visiting loved ones held by Ice, and that access to legal counsel may be more limited elsewhere.
The statement said:
Nevertheless, despite the transparency and safeguards the City has upheld, the City recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good—has become divisive.
And while opinions on this issue may vary—the decision to terminate this contract is not politically driven. It is rooted in what this City stands for — public safety, local accountability, and trust.
Here are some more photos of the protests in Los Angeles coming through on the wires:
Police have requested all residents and businesses to report any vandalism or looting to the LAPD so that it can be documented in an official police report, asking for all damage to be photographed prior to it being cleaned up.
The force had previously reported looting in stores located in the area of 6th St and Broadway, with officers having been dispatched to investigate the area.
National guard soldiers were seen carrying long guns and riot shields after being deployed to LA on Sunday morning, reports the Associated Press (AP).
Protesters were reportedly heard shouting “shame” and “go home” at the troops. The agency added that after some protestors closely approached the guard members, another set of uniformed officers advanced on the group, shooting smoke-filled canisters into the street.
The protests in Los Angeles come as Donald Trump’s new ban on travel to the US by citizens from 12 countries, mainly in Africa and the Middle East, goes into effect.
The new proclamation, which Trump signed last week, “fully” restricts the nationals of Afghanistan, Myanmar, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Haiti, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen from entering the US.
The entry of nationals of Burundi, Cuba, Laos, Sierra Leone, Togo, Turkmenistan and Venezuela will be partially restricted.
The weekend of protest has seen several dozen people in the city being arrested, with the Los Angeles police department declaring an “unlawful assembly” in the civic center area of downtown Los Angeles.
The Associated Press (AP) reports that one individual was detained on Sunday for throwing a Molotov cocktail at police, and another for ramming a motorcycle into a line of officers.
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On Friday morning, federal agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the FBI, and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) conducted raids across Los Angeles – including at two Home Depots and a clothing wholesaler – in search of workers who they suspected of being undocumented immigrants.
Though figures vary, they reportedly arrested 121 people.
They were met with protesters who chanted and threw eggs before being dispersed by police wearing riot gear, holding shields, and using batons, guns that shoot pepper balls, rubber bullets, teargas, and flash-bang grenades.
You can read more of Robert Reich’s full opinion piece here: We are witnessing the first stages of a Trump police state
Vocal and boisterous, the crowd for large parts of the day on Sunday was mostly peaceful.
But tensions flared several times.
On Sunday afternoon, police used teargas to disperse groups of protesters gathered near the detention center. And in the evening, officers fired round after round of flash-bangs in an attempt to push the protesters back up the freeway off-ramps.
Los Angeles police leaders said officers had been shot at with commercial grade fireworks, and had rocks thrown at them.
Read the Guardian’s full report on the day’s events here.
Donald Trump’s administration promised to crush opposition in Los Angeles…
But the overwhelming show of force may have awoken something else. The city is responding with a roaring backlash.
So writes the Guardian’s immigration reporter, Maanvi Singh, in this interesting analysis.
Read the full analysis below.
The LAPD says business owners are reporting stores are being looted in the area of 6th St and Broadway and it has dispatched officers to investigate.
The LAPD also said:
“An UNLAWFUL ASSEMBLY for the area of the Civic Center part of Los Angeles has been declared. Those with Cell Phones in the area of the Civic Center have received the alert.”
Pockets of Los Angeles tonight – in pictures.
Police patrolling in downtown LA.
Protestors and dumpster fires.
Isolated protests continue into the evening.
British photographer hit by non-lethal bullet during LA protests
A British news photographer has undergone emergency surgery after being hit by non-lethal rounds during protests in Los Angeles, reports PA.
Nick Stern was documenting a stand-off between anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) protesters and police outside a Home Depot in Paramount, a city in LA county and a location known as a hiring spot for day labourers, when a 14mm “sponge bullet” tore into his thigh.
He told the PA news agency: “My initial concern was, were they firing live rounds?
“Some of the protesters came and helped me, and they ended up carrying me, and I noticed that there was blood pouring down my leg.”
Stern is now recovering at Long Beach Memorial Medical Centre following emergency surgery.