More than 50 people, including three minors, were arrested during anti-ICE protests across Los Angeles over the weekend, the Los Angeles Police Department said Sunday.
Following the initial massive “National Shutdown” demonstration on Friday, protesters continued to take to the streets on Saturday and Sunday, demanding the federal government stop funding the Department of Homeland Security, especially its agency Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Among those arrested between Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, 47 of them were taken into custody for failure to disperse at scene of unlawful assembly, according to the LAPD.
Three juveniles were arrested for the same offense, police said.
One person was arrested on suspicion of felony evading, police added.
Saturday’s protests came after violence broke out Friday night, when multiple protesters were arrested for throwing objects at federal agents at downtown’s Metropolitan Detention Center.
Much like Friday night’s demonstration, Saturday’s rally seemed peaceful in the beginning, but by late that night the LAPD had issued a citywide tactical alert and ordered protesters to disperse after some threw “bottles, rocks and industrial size fireworks” at law enforcement officers.
Several anti-ICE rallies were also held Saturday in various Southern California communities, including Baldwin Park, Compton, El Segundo, Culver City, Torrance and Aliso Viejo.
City News Service contributed to this report.
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