Anti-ICE Mob Descends on Downtown Los Angeles As LAPD Forced to Call Tactical Alert

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Things are getting tense in downtown Los Angeles Friday evening as anti-ICE protesters are at it again, attacking law enforcement, blowing whistles, and throwing water bottles. Video journalist Anthony Cabassa is on the scene:

The Los Angeles Police Department declared a tactical alert after protesters refused to disperse.

Federal Authorities are taking debris, bottles and other objects.  Federal Authorities have declared an Unlawful Assembly at the Detention Center and they have deployed pepper balls and tear gas.

CNN and Democrat politicians will likely describe this as a “non-violent” protest, but tell that to the people getting hit by water bottles:

Officials have shut down protests in downtown Los Angeles due to those the Los Angeles Police Department called “violent agitators.”

On social media, the LAPD said federal officials “declared an Unlawful Assembly” and used pepper balls and tear gas to disperse protesters who gathered for the “ICE Out” nationwide day of protest.

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Aerial footage from Sky5 showed police have set up skirmish lines to push back the protesters.

Earlier this evening, things looked to be calming down — only to quickly heat back up again.

As of about 6:15 p.m., police “continue to gain compliance after the dispersal order was issued, however, protestors continue to remain and throw bottles and rocks at the officers,” they said.

A few minutes later, police clarified that “protestors are actively fighting with Officers after multiple dispersal orders were issued,” and less-than-lethal weaponry is being used “due to the violence against officers.”

It doesn't seem as if they're paying attention to LA Mayor Karen Bass:

For Dem Rep. Maxine Waters (CA-23), meanwhile —who in 2018 encouraged supporters to publicly confront and harass Trump administration officials — there’s nothing to see here:

Although the LAPD says things are calming down at this hour, video is still being posted showing that there are plenty of angry protesters still creating mayhem:

This is an evolving situation, and RedState will keep you apprised of any further developments.