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Third day of immigration policy protests continue downtown Los Angeles

Boyle Heights high school students walk-out over immigration policy
Boyle Heights high school students walk-out over immigration policy 01:36

For the third day, demonstrators continued protesting the Trump administration's immigration policies in downtown Los Angeles, with some neighboring high school students joining the effort as they walked off campus midday.

Groups of students from Marshall High School, James A. Garfield High School and Bravo Medical Magnet School walked off campus in student-led demonstrations.  

Aerial footage showed a large group of Boyle Heights students as they walked along sidewalks from Bravo Medical Magnet School toward city hall.

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A group of Boyle Heights high school students walk off campus to join immigration policy protests. KCALNews

School officials encouraged students to stay on campus for safety purposes, and to "express their views on campus."  Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho encouraged students not to stay home, and to protest "within the school facilities." 

By 1 p.m. on Tuesday, a large group convened at city hall.   

Protests kicked off on Sunday, where up to 3,000 demonstrators caused traffic disruptions as they closed the 101 Freeway for hours. Police ultimately declared an unlawful assembly and forced the group to disperse. The freeway fully reopened by Sunday night. 

Los Angeles Police Department officials said five officers sustained minor injuries while responding to the daylong incident pm Sunday. Two arrests were made, one for felony vandalism to an MTA bus and another for assault with a deadly weapon for throwing objects at officers. Four vandalism reports were made for damage to police vehicles, which included slashed tires, and one crime report was filed for pointing a laser at officers. 

On Monday's National Day of Action, demonstrators took to the streets again, moving through downtown Los Angeles, leading police to issue a dispersal order in the early evening. LAPD officials said by the afternoon, the group had grown to about 800 pedestrians and 200 vehicles. California Highway Patrol officers blocked "multiple attempts" made by demonstrators to get onto the 101 Freeway.

By 2:15 p.m., demonstrators breached city hall barriers and "continued to vandalize the area," as fireworks were set off and vehicles burned out. Police said fireworks were being directed toward officers and projectiles were thrown as the crowd grew to about 1,000. Two officers suffered minor injuries but no arrests were made on Monday.

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