Officers Deploy Tear Gas and Storm Protestors at Federal Detention Facility in Downtown Los Angeles (VIDEO) **DHS Responds**
More than 1,000 protestors surrounded a federal detention center in Los Angeles on Friday evening following multiple ICE raids.
Earlier Friday, ICE agents descended on multiple businesses in downtown Los Angeles, including a Home Depot, and carried out immigration raids on Friday.
Several people were taken into custody.
Far-left protestors clashed with federal agents as they conducted their raids. The protestors threw projectiles at agents and blocked vans from leaving.
Some protestors threw eggs at the federal agents. The FBI arrived on the scene.
After the ICE raids, more than 1,000 protestors marched over to a federal detention center on Alameda street.
WATCH:
#BREAKING Protesters surround federal detention center in Los Angeles, California as ICE raids continue.
pic.twitter.com/xKxkybAzpZ— Fast News Network (@fastnewsnet) June 7, 2025
Far-left protestors vandalized the federal building and clashed with officers.
WATCH:
HAPPENING NOW: Protest just turned violent with acts of vandalism and altercations, and DHS police firing off less than lethal to disperse the crowd.
Mass police response shortly after. pic.twitter.com/T5SZ8KzrU6
— Anthony (@AnthonyCabassa_) June 7, 2025
Officers used tear gas to push back on the violent protestors.
WATCH:
BREAKING – Democrats are now attempting to break into the LA detention center holding illegal immigrants, and officers in riot gear are being forced to deploy more tear gas to push them back. pic.twitter.com/kx6od1uAZV
— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) June 7, 2025
A line of officers in riot gear deployed tear gas, flash bangs and manhandled protestors.
One protestor went flying after a police officer manhandled him and cuffed him.
WATCH:
BREAKING : Police in riot gear have just stormed protestors and made at least one arrest. Protestors scatter as loud bangs and less than lethal used for crowd control.
Multiple injured. pic.twitter.com/uJcC3dy0lr
— Anthony (@AnthonyCabassa_) June 7, 2025
Protestors took hammers to cement blocks to allegedly use pieces of concrete against officers.
WATCH:
BREAKING : Protestors are now taking hammers to cement blocks to break them down and use against DHS police.
This is about to get way worse unless LAPD is ordered to assist. pic.twitter.com/R89LKhPTef
— Anthony (@AnthonyCabassa_) June 7, 2025
DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said more than 800 protestors surrounded and breached the first layer of a federal law enforcement building in Los Angeles.
The protestors assaulted ICE officers, slashed tires, and defaced buildings.
Assaulting ICE enforcement officers, slashing tires, defacing buildings.
800 protestors have surrounded and breached the first layer of a federal law enforcement building in LA.@LAPD has not responded.
This violence against @ICEgov must stop. https://t.co/ycmQ3kO08W pic.twitter.com/BUaDrOcWch
— Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) June 7, 2025
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