Ap Photos Protesters Clash With Law Enforcement In Los Angeles

Tear gas was fired at protesters in Los Angeles when some demonstrators moved close to National Guard troops and police and shouted insults at them. President Donald Trump deployed the Guard after protests erupted when federal immigration authorities arrested dozens of people across the city. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. A person carrying 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) Protesters 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) 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) Thousands took to the street in Los Angeles after President Trump deployed the National Guard after protests erupted when federal immigration authorities arrested dozens of people across the city. LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump authorized on Monday the deployment of an additional 2,000 National Guard members to help respond to prot… The riots followed the acquittal of white police officers who were videotaped beating Black motorist Rodney King.

Trump made no secret of his willingness to exert a maximalist approach to enforcing immigration laws during his campaign. The fulfillment of that pledge is now on full display. Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting.” Los Angeles has seen more than a week of protests, held in response to immigration raids by Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The protests started out peacefully before picking up in scale and intensity. CNN reporters on the ground have witnessed officers striking and pushing protesters and deploying tear gas into crowds.

President Donald Trump has deployed members of the National Guard to the city after clashes between protesters and law enforcement. He has also mobilized 700 US Marines to help protect federal personnel and property. Trump’s decision to federalize and deploy the National Guard against American citizens — the first time a US president has used such power since 1992 — has been called unnecessary and inflammatory by Democratic... Meanwhile, the protests caused major disruptions on the 101 Freeway, a main artery connecting major Californian cities. Photos and videos on the ground have shown cars being set on fire and protesters throwing objects onto police vehicles. As demonstrators in Los Angeles took to the streets to protest ICE agents raiding their neighborhoods and communities, they were met with tear gas, shields, and the full weight of state power.

Orders that bypassed Gov. Gavin Newsom and came straight from President Donald Trump. MORE: Op-Ed: National Guard Deployment In California Echoes Kent State Tragedy Trump initially directed 2,000 National Guard troops to quell the LA protests, which only angered protesters even more, escalating the violence after a Friday of fairly civil disobedience. Once tensions reached a boiling point, protesters flooded downtown in response to Trump’s deployment of the National Guard, blocking off a major freeway as law enforcement tried to control the crowd with tear gas... The last time the National Guard was deployed without the governor’s permission was in 1965, when President Lyndon B.

Johnson sent troops to protect a civil rights march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. By Jae Hong, Eric Thayer, Ethan Swope, Damian Dovarganes and Eugene Garcia AP’s visual journalists led global news coverage over the weekend with standout reporting from the ground during protests in Southern California sparked by immigration arrests. As President Donald Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard, AP was first to set the visual agenda with continuous, live on-the-scene coverage. Photographers and videojournalists including Jae Hong, Eric Thayer, Ethan Swope, Damian Dovarganes and Eugene Garcia provided both stills and video that appeared across front pages and homepages of more than 20 major global outlets.

AP was the first to deliver a live video feed from outside the Los Angeles detention center, capturing key moments such as arrests, confrontations between federal agents and demonstrators, and the destruction of vehicles. Visual journalists documented the full arc of the protests, including the firing of less-lethal munitions, protesters blocking streets, and federal law enforcement dispersing crowds. Members of the California National Guard arrived in the Los Angeles area Sunday, after President Trump activated the troops to curb protests against federal immigration raids that occurred in and around the city in... On Sunday afternoon, protesters were gathering outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, where some of the immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were initially held. Tear gas and pepper spray have been deployed, according to NPR reporters at the scene, and authorities were using shields to push people back and maintain a perimeter. The day has been mostly peaceful but tensions have increased after two protests merged.

Some of the ongoing demonstrations, which came in response to a spate of immigration sweeps in Los Angeles late last week, escalated into clashes between demonstrators and law enforcement officers. In response, the White House said Trump would deploy 2,000 National Guard members to California. In a post on social media, Trump attacked what he called "Radical Left protests" by "instigators and often paid troublemakers."

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