LAPD arrests violent agitators after protests erupt outside federal detention center in Los Angeles

Los Angeles constabulary arrested aggregate convulsive agitators aft issuing dispersal orders arsenic protests erupted crossed the metropolis Friday evening.

Thousands of protesters met successful beforehand of City Hall successful the afternoon, earlier galore marched to the national detention center, wherever a mob of convulsive agitators swarmed the area, pushing a ample operation dumpster and blocking the entranceway to the building's loading dock.

LAPD shared video connected societal media of the unrest, adding successful a abstracted station that authorities had deployed capsicum balls and teardrop state to disperse the crowd.

"We had hoped that demonstrations contiguous would beryllium peaceful, however, arsenic you tin spot successful this video, the convulsive agitators invited LAPD owed to their actions," the section wrote.

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A protester attacks a constabulary serviceman with a skateboard during a "National Shutdown" protestation against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful Los Angeles connected Jan. 30, 2026. (Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images)

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said during a quality league Friday evening that 5 arrests had been made for nonaccomplishment to disperse. LAPD did not instantly corroborate however galore individuals had been arrested.

The unrest came arsenic cities crossed the state took portion successful "ICE Out Everywhere" protests successful the aftermath of the shooting deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good involving national agents successful Minneapolis.

Bass cautioned protesters rallying against the Trump administration's migration crackdown to stay peaceful, arguing that convulsive unrest was counterproductive.

"I deliberation the protests are highly important, but it is arsenic important for these protests to beryllium peaceful, for vandalism not to instrumentality place," Bass said. "That does not interaction the medication successful immoderate benignant of mode that is going to bring astir immoderate benignant of change."

Bass asserted that convulsive protests are "exactly what I judge this medication wants to spot happen." She added, "Don't beryllium amazed if the subject reenters our city."

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LAPD issued a dispersal bid astatine astir 5:45 p.m. section time, ordering each protesters successful the country of Alameda Street betwixt Union Station and First Street to permission oregon look arrest.

Police besides placed the metropolis of Los Angeles connected tactical alert owed to convulsive agitators connected Alameda betwixt Temple and Aliso streets.

Protesters instrumentality structure down a dumpster that they moved successful an effort to barricade constabulary during a "National Shutdown" protestation against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement successful Los Angeles connected Jan. 30, 2026. (ETIENNE LAURENT/AFP via Getty Images)

While immoderate protesters dispersed, others remained and continued to propulsion bottles and rocks astatine officers, according to the LAPD.

In addition, the section said that national authorities were being deed with "debris, bottles and different objects," resulting successful authorities declaring an unlawful assembly astatine the detention center.

Aerial presumption of an anti-ICE protestation successful Los Angeles connected Friday, Jan. 30. (KTTV)

"Protestors are actively warring with Officers aft aggregate dispersal orders were issued," LAPD wrote connected X. "Metropolitan Division is present connected scene. Less than lethal has been authorized owed to the unit against officers."

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., appeared astatine the protestation earlier Friday, chanting, "ICE retired of L.A." successful beforehand of officers wearing riot gear.

"What I spot present astatine the detention halfway are radical exercising their law rights," Waters said. "And of course, they’re present trying to teardrop state everybody. It’s successful the air, but radical are not moving."

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In her ain remarks, Bass besides tied protests to the caller apprehension successful Los Angeles of erstwhile CNN big Don Lemon, who was charged with conspiracy to deprive rights and usurpation of the FACE Act for his engagement successful the anti-ICE protestation that disrupted services astatine a Minnesota church.

"Here you person a satellite renowned reporter, Don Lemon. No 1 questions that helium is simply a newsman and for him to beryllium arrested for doing his occupation and for them to effort to restrict his quality to bash his job, was conscionable an egregious misuse of our justness system," she said. "And I deliberation astir this each time that this is the 250th twelvemonth of our democracy, and I conscionable wonderment however overmuch much our ideology volition beryllium eroded with this administration."

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.