Los Angeles on edge: Clashes between police, protesters amid immigration crackdown
Los Angeles has seen four days of law enforcement attempting to quell protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
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California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
California Highway Patrol officers detain a protester on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Workers remove graffiti from the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, June 10, 2025, after Monday's protests against President Trump's ICE raids resulted in violence. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP)
A woman lays flowers in front of a National Guard as protesters gather to denounce ICE, U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)
Workers remove graffiti from the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Courthouse in Santa Ana, Calif., Tuesday, June 10, 2025, after Monday's protests against President Trump's ICE raids resulted in violence. (Mindy Schauer/The Orange County Register via AP)
A protester yells at police and federal agents in an action to denounce the ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations in the area Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A protester cools down with an icicle while joining other protesters waving Mexican National Flags during a protest to denounce ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations in the area Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Protesters gather outside the federal building to denounce the ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, operations in the area Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
California Highway Patrol officers clash with protesters on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
The National Guard protect a federal building after anti-ICE protests, Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Cleanup continues after a night of protests in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)
California Highway Patrol line up against protesters on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
U.S. National Guard protect buildings Tuesday, June 10, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo Damian Dovarganes)
A protester taunts a line of California National Guard protecting a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Protesters denounce ICE, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Monday, June 9, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo Jae Hong)
Los Angeles police department personnel fire non-lethal rounds at protesters on Monday, June 9, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo Jae Hong)
Burned out cars sit destroyed after a night of protests in downtown Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
Protesters clasp hands in front of a line of California National Guard, Monday, June 9, 2025, at a Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo Jae Hong)
A protester offers a flower to Los Angeles police officers in riot gear while they attempt to clear a street in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo Jae Hong)
National Guard stand guard near the metropolitan detention center Monday, June 9, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Immigration Raids Los Angeles Protesters prepare to launch projectiles during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person displaying multiple flags walks past a burning car during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Protestors jump over a fence to avoid being kettled by police during protests over the Trump administration's immigration raids in Los Angeles, Monday, June 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
ICE officers and national guards confront with protesters outside of the Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, Calif., on June 8, 2025 amid protests over immigration raids. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Members of the National Guard stand guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC in downtown Los Angeles, Calif., on June 8, 2025. U.S. President Donald Trump deployed 2,000 troops on June 7 to handle escalating protests against immigration enforcement raids in the area. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images)
Protests and confrontations between immigration rights supporters and law enforcement are seen taking place in Paramount, Calif., and downtown Los Angeles on June 7, 2025. (Photo by Taurat Hossain/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A view of a vandalized donut shop in Compton of Los Angeles, Calif., on June 8, 2025, after protests and clashes between immigration rights supporters and law enforcement. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Sheriffs Department officers fires flash bang grenades after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers made raids of illegal immigrants in Paramount, Calif., on June 7, 2025. (Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A protester faces off against law enforcement in Paramount, Calif., on June 7, 2025. (Taurat Hossain/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Law enforcement clashes with demonstrators during a protest following federal immigration operations, in the Compton neighborhood of Los Angeles, Calif., on June 7, 2025. (Ringo Chiu / AFP) (Photo by RINGO CHIU/AFP via Getty Images)
A shopping cart is seen on fire as protesters shield themselves from flash bang grenades shot by the Sheriffs Department after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers made raids of illegal immigrants in Paramount, Calif., on June 7, 2025. (Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)
A car burns in the middle of the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and E Alondra Boulevard during ICE protests on Saturday, June 7, 2025 in Los Angeles, Calif. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Protesters shield themselves from flash bang grenades shot by the Sheriffs Department after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officers made raids of illegal immigrants in Paramount, Calif., on June 7, 2025. (Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images)
People take cover as a fire work explodes during a protest near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A protester is seen as a Waymo taxi burns near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A flash bomb explodes on the 101 Freeway near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A protester throws a scooter at a police vehical near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Protesters throw objects at California Highway Patrol vehicles on the 101 Freeway as officers take cover under the overpass near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A California Highway Patrol officer pulls an electric scooter off a vehicle on a highway as protesters throw objects at the police vehicles near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Two California Highway Patrol officers try to dodge rocks being thrown near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A person reacts to irritants during protests near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A woman waves the Mexican flag as flames erupt from a burning dumpster during a protest in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A protester holds a sign as a Waymo taxi burns near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Matt Hobbs uses milk after being teargassed near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Los Angeles Police officers patrol near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A protester waves a flag as a Waymo taxi burns near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Protesters take cover behind chairs near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
California Highway Patrol officers try to dodge rocks being thrown near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A person reacts to irritants during protests near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A police officer fires a soft round near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Police fire less lethal munitions at protesters near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Protesters throw objects to the police vehicles on a Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
Protesters confront police on the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Multiple Waymo taxis burn near the Metropolitan Detention Center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A protester vandalizes a Waymo taxi as another burns near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A protester throws a smoke canister on the 101 Freeway near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Protesters confront a line of police in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer) (Eric Thayer/AP)
Protesters confront a line of U.S. National Guard in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following last night's immigration raid protest. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A person carries an injured protester to cover during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)
A man views a vandalized donut shop Sunday, June 8, 2025, in Compton, Calif., following an immigration raid protest the night before. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
U.S. National Guard are deployed around downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, June 8, 2025, following an immigration raid protest the night before. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Police detain a man during a protest in the Paramount section of Los Angeles, Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A car burns during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Protesters kick the side of a Border Patrol vehicle during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
A protester throws a rock amidst tear gas from law enforcement during a demonstration after federal immigration authorities conducted operations, Saturday, June 7, 2025, in the Paramount section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Border Patrol personnel deploy tear gas during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in Paramount section of Los Angeles Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eric Thayer)
Crowd members react after law enforcement officers fired pepper balls during a protest after federal immigration authorities conducted an operation on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A protester attempts to evade a Department of Homeland Security officer after federal immigration authorities conducted an operation on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Protesters gather at the U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons after federal immigration authorities conducted an operation on Friday, June 6, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Law enforcement stand during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. (AP Photo/Ethan Swope)