A standoff between police and demonstrators occurred outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center after authorities used tear gas and pepper balls, leading to arrests and injuries. The confrontation followed peaceful protests, with authorities citing a failure to disperse as the cause for intervention.
As of 7:50 p.m. Saturday, police, some on horseback, and a small group of demonstrators remained locked in a standoff outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center. Earlier officers had arrested dozens of protesters after authorities fired tear gas and pepper balls into the crowd, leaving at least one person with an eye wound and others with skin burns, according to demonstrators and police.
The confrontation outside the federal Metropolitan Detention Center came after hours of peaceful 'No Kings' demonstrations in downtown Los Angeles and across the county. Authorities said the crowd that gathered at the federal building later in the afternoon, as the rally was winding down, had ignored orders to disperse. Officers forcibly removed a Los Angeles Times reporter and other journalists from the area, saying they were about to conduct “mass arrests.” The demonstrators who remained were lined up outside the building as officers zip-tied their hands behind their backs and loaded them into vans. One was dressed as Lady Liberty, with a chain around her waist as part of her costume. The officers on horseback moved in on a smaller group of demonstrators around the corner from the federal detention facility.
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