Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department continue to clear anti-ICE protestors in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday where at least two dozen people have been detained.
Earlier today, hundreds of people gathered in the downtown LA area to protest ICE.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, Spring Street was closed between Temple and First Street due to the demonstrations in the area.
At around 6 p.m., the LAPD announced that Alameda Street between Aliso and Temple was closed in both directions due to demonstrators in the roadway.
The area remained closed at around 9 p.m. when the LAPD said that “federal authorities began taking bottles, rocks and industrial size fireworks and they deployed tear gas into the crowd.”
At around 9:15 p.m., the LAPD issued a dispersal order and by 9:20 p.m., they declared an unlawful assembly.
“We’re not playing. We have surged federal officers to protect our property and our employees. I have authorized probable cause arrests for those who break the law, and they will be charged federally,” First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said in a social media post.
Video from NewsChopper4 showed several federal agents moving onto Alameda Street around 5:20 Saturday evening.
They were seen pushing back protestors, grabbing one person and leading them back towards the federal detention center.
