Thread by @MrOlmos

Los Angeles immigration protest day 3 🧵

A crowd of several hundred protesters are outside the federal building. The California National guard and Federal agents are in formation in riot gear.

Someone in the crowd threw something and an officer fired a pepper ball, briefly setting the crowd scurrying.

LAPD declare an unlawful assembly outside the federal building. They warn protestors that they have 5 minutes to disperse.

LAPD has started firing less lethal rounds at protestors outside the federal building

LAPD firing less lethal rounds at protestors outside the federal building in downtown Los Angeles

Discards of 40mm less lethal rounds on the streets around the federal building

Federal agents firing less lethal rounds from atop the federal building towards protesters below

Crowds are pelted with less lethal rounds and pepper balls as they are pushed back from the federal building

LAPD and Sheriffs fire less lethal rounds at protestors outside the federal building

LAPD officers look on with less lethal launchers as crowd is pushed back

LAPD officers bull rush protesters and press, hitting them along the way indiscriminately

LAPD officers continue bull rush, pushing protestors and press into oncoming traffic

LAPD officers bull rush protestors, running into bystanders in little Toyoko and hitting them too, including a cook standing outside his restaurant

Crowd runs away form LAPD bull rushing them into Little Tokyo

LAPD fires less lethal round intro crowd, bits of rubber shrapnel explode around people, a protester throws a firework into police formation.

LAPD officers unload less lethal rounds at close range against a protester, another officer takes a swing at him.

LAPD officers use less lethal rounds on remaining crowd pushing them back. About a third are photographers.

LAPD aiming less lethal weapons at close range to people, including at eye level. (My camera is above my head, if you see the barrel, it’s eye level)

LAPD is pushing back the remaining protestors, around 100~200 people

I am out of downtown.

Protestors are being arrested by LAPD and being put in a bus

At least 9 people detained on the bus so far, with 3 more people detained outside the bus

At least a dozen people detained

LAPD detaining protestors and putting them in a bus. This intersection was kettled by LAPD a short awhile ago.

LAPD arresting people and putting them on a bus

The bus leaves the area with more than a dozen people detained

Protests continue on 2nd and San Pedro, protestors push a trash bin towards the middle of the street.

LAPD fires less lethal rounds and Ariel concussion devices towards them

LAPD fires concussive devices towards protestors on 2nd and San Pedro

Police shoot Ariel concussive devices towards protestors barricading behind trash bins

Police fire concussive devices towards towards protestors using trash bins as cover.

Police have cleared the trash bin barricades and pushed remaining protestors out of the street.

The line of Police officers drop to a knee and don gas masks

Few remaining protestors scattered around intersections. Police firing concussive devices around them.

I’m out of downtown. (Again)