Los Angeles County GOP vice chair and former sheriff's deputy Patrick Gipson issued a scathing rebuke of state and local leadership, accusing officials of negligence amid the protests in the city.

Follow along for live updates as thousands of people nationwide have shown up at protests and rallies opposing ICE raids.

Gavin Newsom says the federal military intervention in Los Angeles marks the onset of a much broader effort by President Donald Trump to overturn political and cultural norms.

Given the sharp divides in public opinion over the protests, and the deportations that sparked them, Big Tech is steering clear of a combustible situation. “Anything that increases the tension around immigration will just make it harder for tech,” said Nu Wexler, a consultant who formerly worked in policy communications for Facebook and Google.

LAist reporters witnessed LAPD officers firing less-lethal munitions into crowds and taunting protestors from a helicopter. State law and a federal court order restrict the use of crowd dispersal weapons unless specific criteria are met.

President Trump was talked out of deploying the military to crush the George Floyd protests in 2020. He always regretted it.

While the president contends that the L.A. protests against his immigration policy have been chaotic, the scenes are not as violent.