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Police deployed gas as a dispersal order was issued for thousands of “No Kings” protestors gathered in downtown Los Angeles Saturday night. Protests are taking place on Saturday across the United States, with dozens of demonstrations planned in Southern California. The “No Kings” movement started in opposition of policies being instituted by President Donald Trump and his administration. Saturday’s nationwide protests coincide with Flag Day, the 250th birthday of the U.S. Army, and President Donald Trump’s 79th birthday. On their website, “No Kings” states that “the corruption has gone too far.”

“They’ve defied our courts, deported Americans, disappeared people off the streets, attacked our civil rights and slashed our services,” the website’s homepage reads. “The corruption has gone too far. No thrones. No crowns. No kings.” More than 2,000 "No Kings Day" protests were held on Saturday, organizers said.

Saturday marked the first full day of Marines on duty in Los Angeles, one week after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ignited in LA and spread to other cities across the U.S.,... Meanwhile, more than 2,000 "No Kings Day" protests were held across the U.S. on Saturday to protest the Trump administration and to counterprogram the military parade in Washington, D.C., organizers said. More than 5 million people participated, according to organizers. As demonstrations continue in Los Angeles and spread to other cities across California and the nation, watch the video for a timeline on how the conflict has unfolded. Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies were seen throwing multiple flash bangs into the crowd in downtown Los Angeles in an effort to get them to disperse.

Fox News correspondent Christina Coleman reports on the Los Angeles protests on ‘Fox Report.’ Hours after thousands of people flocked to downtown Los Angeles for a day of demonstrations, the scene took a turn from peaceful to violent as rising unrest spurred police to deploy tear gas. "The demonstration has taken the street. A DISPERSAL ORDER has been issued for all persons located on Alameda south of Aliso and North of Temple to immediately leave the area," LAPD wrote in a warning on X. CALIFORNIA SHERIFF SAYS NEARLY A DOZEN DEPUTIES INJURED IN ANTI-ICE RIOTS "People in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects.

Less lethal has been approved. Less lethal may cause discomfort and pain. It is advised that all persons leave the area," another alert read. Updated on: June 14, 2025 / 9:53 PM PDT / CBS LA Los Angeles police issued a dispersal order on Saturday afternoon for "No Kings" protesters after the crowd allegedly started throwing objects near the downtown federal building. While the demonstration was largely peaceful throughout the day, Los Angeles Police Department officers said on a post to X, "people in the crowd are throwing rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects" when the...

Roybal Federal Building. Protesters interviewed by CBS News Los Angeles blamed the escalation on the police. "They came in super, super hard and aggressive, and that's what created all of this," one protester said. "No warning. They just masked up ... It's upsetting because how are people supposed to feel like their voices are being heard when they're being violently put down by the state itself."

LA police said it has arrested a number of people as protesters rallied for a third day. Donald Trump defended the deployment of the National Guard as a measure to protect "law and order." Follow DW for more. This blog, with the latest developments in the United States on the weekend of June 7 and 8, 2025, is closed. We have now moved here. Thank you for reading and following protests in Los Angeles over the weekend. We're now covering the latest here.

Hundreds of people descended on the streets of Los Angeles to push back against the Trump administration's immigration crackdown in the area. With police having declared an unlawful assembly, many left. But those who remained grabbed chairs from a nearby public park to form a makeshift barrier, throwing objects at police on the other side. Rebecca Ellis covers Los Angeles County government for the Los Angeles Times. Previously, she covered Portland city government for Oregon Public Broadcasting. Before OPB, Ellis wrote for the Miami Herald, freelanced for the Providence Journal and reported as a Kroc fellow at NPR in Washington, D.C.

She graduated from Brown University in 2018. Ellis was a finalist for the Livingston Awards in 2022 for her investigation into abuses within Portland’s private security industry and in 2024 for an investigation into sexual abuse inside L.A. County’s juvenile halls. Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times’ Homicide Report in 2007. He helped uncover the financial corruption in the city of Bell that led to criminal charges against eight city officials.

The 2010 investigative series won the Pulitzer Prize for public service and other prestigious awards. Mark E. Potts is the senior editor for video at the Los Angeles Times. A native of Enid, Okla., Potts graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a master’s degree in broadcast journalism. He has created and edited video for DreamWorks, YouTube, Microsoft, Sony and BET.

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