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A total of 72 people were arrested across Los Angeles County in relation to anti-ICE protests over the weekend, according to the latest data from law enforcement agencies obtained by ABC 7 Eyewitness News Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Police Department reportedly arrested 29 people for failure to disperse Saturday (June 7) evening and 21 more for various charges including attempted murder with a molotov cocktail, assault with a deadly weapon on a police officer, looting and failure to disperse on Sunday (June 8).
Five LAPD officers reportedly experienced injuries during confrontations with demonstrators and five horses used during crowd control were targeted and suffered minor injuries, according to the department. The California Highway Patrol reported 19 more arrests were made on Sunday while the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department arrested three individuals overnight.
President Donald Trump had already deployed 2,000 National Guard troops before U.S. officials announced that 700 Marines arrived in Los Angeles overnight as protests continued on Monday (June 9). The protests followed demonstrations over ICE operations across the city on Friday (June 6) after federal agents raided multiple workplaces resulting in hundreds of people, including children, being detained, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.
Large crowds gathered near the federal building on Friday, which resulted in some clashes with authorities, while was followed by protests on Saturday where Border Patrol agents were posted up nearby, resulting in more clashes with demonstrators and footage showing smoke projectiles being deployed.