Los Angeles — A tense standoff unfolded in downtown Los Angeles as police declared an unlawful assembly and confronted hundreds of protesters demonstrating against a series of recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids. The protests, which centered around the intersection of Alameda and Temple Streets near the Metropolitan Detention Center, escalated throughout the evening, with law enforcement employing crowd dispersal tactics including flashbangs, pepper spray, and tear gas.
The demonstrations erupted shortly after multiple ICE raids across Los Angeles County targeted workplaces suspected of employing undocumented workers using falsified documents. The federal agents executed search warrants, detaining dozens of individuals. . .
