Thousands protest ICE with march through downtown Los Angeles

Thousands of people took to the streets of downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon to protest federal immigration activity after agents were involved in two different shootings this week, one that left a woman dead in Minneapolis and another that wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. 

The gathering began at around 2 p.m. in Pershing Square before the crowd began to march through the streets. LAPD officers monitored their activity, advising drivers and the public of different road closures due to the protest. 

As the demonstration continued, the crowd grew smaller throughout the early evening. However, at around 6:15 p.m., LAPD officers issued a dispersal order for a small group of approximately two dozen demonstrators that remained outside of the Federal Building for Alameda Street from Aliso Street to Temple Street. 

"You must leave the area," police said. 

SkyCal was overhead as officers detained one person. In a post on X, LAPD later said that the person was detained for battery on a police officer and that they had originally fled from the incident but returned to the area. 

At around 9:30 p.m., officers said that "several" people were detained for refusing to leave the area after the dispersal order was issued. 

The march was one of many that took place across the United States and in Southern California on Saturday. Similar protests were held in Long Beach and Santa Ana, where two people were demonstrators passionately protested on Friday night.

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