STORY: Helmeted police in riot gear turned out on Friday (June 6) evening in a tense confrontation with protesters in downtown Los Angeles, after a day of federal immigration raids in which dozens of people across the city were reported to be taken into custody.

Reuters video showed Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers lined up on a downtown street wielding batons and what appeared to be tear gas rifles, facing off with demonstrators after authorities had ordered crowds of protesters to disperse around nightfall.

Early in the standoff, some protesters hurled chunks of broken concrete toward officers, and police responded by firing volleys of tear gas and pepper spray. Police also fired "flash-bang" concussion rounds. It was not clear whether there were any immediate arrests.

An LAPD spokesperson, Drake Madison, told Reuters that police on the scene had declared an unlawful assembly, meaning that those who failed to leave the area were subject to arrest.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

SHOWS: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (JUNE 6, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. EXPLOSION GOING OFF AS POLICE ADVANCE TOWARD PROTESTERS, TEAR GAS FILLING STREET

2. PROTESTERS AND POLICE AMID TEAR GAS

3. VARIOUS OF POLICE HOLDING WEAPONS

4. PROTESTERS HOLDING SIGNS AND WAVING FLAGS

5. POLICE MARCHING TOWARD PROTESTERS

6. VARIOUS OF POLICE FIRING TEAR GAS WHILE MARCHING

7. VARIOUS OF POLICE STANDING IN FORMATION, FIRING WEAPONS

8. PROTESTERS CHANTING, HOLDING SIGN READING (English): "ICE OUT OF LA!"

9. PROTESTER CHANTING (English): "OUR STREETS"

10. VARIOUS OF PROTESTER HOLDING SIGN IN FRONT OF POLICE, READING (Spanish): "EDUCATION NOT DEPORTATION"

11. PROTESTER LOOKING ON

12. VARIOUS OF POLICE STANDING GUARD