In June 2025, as immigration enforcement actions sparked protests in Los Angeles, a claim (archived) circulated that a video authentically showed burning, graffitied police cars during protests in the city in June 2025. One X user posted the footage on June 8, 2025, captioned "Absolute CHAOS in Los Angeles right now…"

Friday's immigration operations which took place across Los Angeles, primarily in the Westlake District, downtown, and South L.A., led to protests over the weekend, resulting in 42 arrests. Those arrested are facing charges ranging from assault on an officer,

A man’s body was found on a sidewalk in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday at the site of recent protests and lootings, police said. Police received a call around 1:30 a.m. to West 3rd Street and

Los Angeles enforces a second consecutive curfew to crack down on criminal activity as anti-ICE protests erupt in other major cities

Senator Alex Padilla of California on Thursday was forcibly removed and handcuffed after interrupting a press conference held by Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, in a startling episode that deepened partisan tensions over the Trump Administration’s expanded immigration enforcement efforts in Los Angeles.

The violent anti-immigration enforcement riots that have engulfed downtown Los Angeles since the weekend continued to escalate, with video showing mobs of looters pillaging Foot Locker and

Hundreds of people have been arrested during days of largely peaceful demos, which have also spread elsewhere.

Protests that started Thursday in Southern California amid reports of ICE immigration sweeps endured through the weekend. Some were peaceful and focused. Others erupted into clashes with law