After a day of peaceful protests in Los Angeles, tensions mounted as law enforcement moved to disperse the crowd.

LOS ANGELES–Law enforcement continued to fire flash bangs in an effort to disperse remaining protesters and agitators near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles where unlawful assembly has been declared.

Police are attempting to clear protesters from a “No Kings” demonstration in Los Angeles in part by using devices emitting smoke or gas, video from the scene shows.

About 50 U.S. Marines squared off against hundreds of protesters in front of a federal building in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, with the crowd yelling in unison for them to go home.

The Los Angeles Police Department arrested hundreds of protesters over the last week during nightly demonstrations against the Trump administration’s intensifying efforts to deport people living illegally in the U.

Here is what happened on each day the protests against immigration detention operations in the Los Angeles area.

The protesters gathered in downtown L.A. are a microcosm of the Democratic coalition that has dominated the city for decades.

Southern California demonstrators are continuing the long tradition of hoisting the red, white and green flag during times of anti-immigrant sentiment.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

Protesters across Southern California and the country took to the streets for ‘No Kings’ demonstrations against President Trump and the $45-million celebration of the U.S. Army’s 250th birthday, which coincides with Trump’s 79th.