The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration has set off violent protests in Los Angeles. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested dozens of people in raids across the city, prompting LA mayor Karen Bass to accuse immigration agents of sowing terror in communities. On Friday evening, more than 500 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest ICE’s crackdown. Groups of protesters demonstrated in front of a federal building where immigrants were believed to be detained, demanding their release. There were also reports of protesters vandalizing buildings and throwing slabs of concrete. Los Angeles police, who were not involved in the ICE raids, but were deployed in response to the protests, fired flash grenades at demonstrators. Chapter Breakdown 0:00 ICE agents in unmarked vehicles raid various locations in Los Angeles to make immigration arrests 2:45 Eva Bitran, Director of Immigrant's Rights, ACLU, on unconstitutional and unlawful tactics used by ICE agents 5:44 Jayson Campadonia, NBC News and iHeart Radio, on incidents of vandalism and violence at anti-ICE protests in downtown LA #iceraids #lapd #iceprotests For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1
Los Angeles riot police fire 'flash-bang' rounds at protesters after violent immigration raids
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The Trump administration's crackdown on immigration has set off violent protests in Los Angeles. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested dozens of people in raids across the city, prompting LA mayor Karen Bass to accuse immigration agents of sowing terror in communities. On Friday evening, more than 500 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest ICE’s crackdown. Groups of protesters demonstrated in front of a federal building where immigrants were believed to be detained, demanding their release. There were also reports of protesters vandalizing buildings and throwing slabs of concrete. Los Angeles police, who were not involved in the ICE raids, but were deployed in response to the protests, fired flash grenades at demonstrators. Chapter Breakdown 0:00 ICE agents in unmarked vehicles raid various locations in Los Angeles to make immigration arrests 2:45 Eva Bitran, Director of Immigrant's Rights, ACLU, on unconstitutional and unlawful tactics used by ICE agents 5:44 Jayson Campadonia, NBC News and iHeart Radio, on incidents of vandalism and violence at anti-ICE protests in downtown LA #iceraids #lapd #iceprotests For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnews ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewellenews/ ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/dwdeutsch Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1
