At least 40 people were arrested during anti-immigration-enforcement protests in Los Angeles Sunday night, June 8, and into Monday morning, June 9, authorities said.
The National Guard and local police officers clashed with demonstrators in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, with the crowds temporarily shutting down the 101 Freeway and some setting cars in the street on fire.
Of the arrests, 21 were made by Los Angeles police officers and 19 were made by the California Highway Patrol, spokesmen with both agencies said on Monday.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department did not yet have a number of arrests it made overnight Sunday into Monday morning.
A breakdown of the suspected charges for those arrested was not yet available.
A massive crowd had assembled by mid-afternoon Sunday, and just after 9 p.m. the Los Angeles Police Department declared an unlawful assembly in the area of Alameda Street between Second and Aliso streets while battling with more than 1,000 demonstrators who marched from Boyle Heights to the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building.
At least two demonstrations were planned for Monday, with one centered on demanding the release of David Huerta, a labor union leader detained by ICE during a downtown LA raid and charged by federal authorities of conspiracy to impede an officer.
Huerta was scheduled to make his first court appearance Monday afternoon, June 9, federal authorities said.
