Visual timeline shows how the Los Angeles protests unfolded

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Clashes betwixt national agents and protesters successful Los Angeles escalated Sunday arsenic the demonstrations against migration detention operations stretched into their third day and National Guard troops began arriving successful the metropolis nether orders from President Trump. Here's a timeline of however the protests unfolded successful aggregate locations astir L.A.

Note: All times beneath are successful Pacific time.

Friday, June 6

Friday afternoon
Immigration raids successful Los Angeles connected Friday sparked protests astatine respective locations wherever national agents were making arrests. In the Fashion District adjacent downtown Los Angeles, video showed a assemblage gathering extracurricular a covering warehouse targeted successful the raids, and protesters clashing with instrumentality enforcement arsenic they attempted to artifact a achromatic instrumentality enforcement van.

3:23 p.m.
Mayor Karen Bass posted connected X aft 3 p.m. condemning national migration enforcement actions successful Los Angeles, saying, "we volition not basal for this."

Around 6 p.m.
Later, successful downtown Los Angeles, demonstrators clashed with Department of Homeland Security officers astatine the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse. This was wherever officials allegedly took immoderate migrants who were detained during the raids. Video from the country shows protesters vandalizing the extracurricular of the gathering and clashing with national instrumentality enforcement astatine astir 6:30 p.m.

Demonstrators protestation extracurricular the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center successful effect to ICE raids

Around 6:30 p.m.
The Los Angeles Police Department said it responded to a petition for assistance from national authorities astatine astir 6:30 p.m. and arrived astatine the country wrong 55 minutes. The section said its effect clip was impacted by "significant postulation congestion, the beingness of demonstrators, and, notably, by the information that national agents had deployed irritants into the assemblage anterior to LAPD's arrival."

Later, the Department of Homeland Security claimed the LAPD took 2 hours to respond. A national instrumentality enforcement authoritative told CBS News that ICE requested assistance from LAPD aggregate times implicit the people of Friday nighttime and that it took much than 2 hours to grant that request. However, a elder metropolis authoritative successful L.A. disputed that timeline, telling CBS News that it took LAPD 55 minutes to respond, not 2 hours.

The LAPD posted on X astatine 7 p.m. that it had declared an "unlawful assembly," ordering protesters to permission the country and giving them 5 minutes to comply. By 8 p.m., video shows LAPD officers had blocked the crowd's way to the detention center. Police said immoderate protesters had thrown ample pieces of concrete. CBS News Los Angeles reporters witnessed officers firing non-lethal foam projectiles and legume container rounds successful response.

Saturday, June 7

Saturday morning
Footage posted to societal media astatine astir 9:45 a.m. showed national instrumentality enforcement officers outside a Home Depot successful Paramount, a metropolis southbound of Los Angeles, fueling rumors of an imminent raid. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said successful a connection that determination was nary ICE "raid" connected Saturday successful Paramount, but alternatively the agents were staging astatine an office.

Still taken from a video posted to societal media connected Saturday greeting shows national instrumentality enforcement officers successful Paramount.

Around 11 a.m.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it responded to a telephone astir a ample assemblage blocking postulation successful the area.

Saturday afternoon
Tensions escalated connected Saturday afternoon. At astir 4 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department declared the objection successful Paramount an unlawful assembly, informing protesters to leave. The protests dispersed to the adjacent metropolis of Compton.

5:13 p.m.
Gov. Gavin Newsom posted to X saying the "federal authorities is moving to instrumentality implicit the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That determination is purposefully inflammatory and volition lone escalate tensions."

Around 6 p.m.
President Trump signed a memo ordering the deployment of astatine slightest 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles County. The bulk of the soldiers would travel from the California National Guard, a Defense Department authoritative told CBS News.

7:06 p.m.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted on X that the National Guard was being mobilized immediately, and that if the unit continued, helium would besides mobilize progressive work Marines from Camp Pendleton successful San Diego County. He said the Marines were connected "high alert."

Saturday night
The protests continued into Saturday night. The Los Angeles Police Department aboriginal posted connected X that they had declared a protestation astatine Alameda and Temple Streets an unlawful assembly, informing demonstrators they could beryllium arrested if they remained successful the area.

Sunday, June 8

Sunday morning
National Guard troops arrived successful downtown Los Angeles connected Sunday, pursuing President Trump's order. The U.S. military's Northern Command confirmed to CBS News that 300 National Guard troops were successful the Los Angeles country connected Sunday, specifically successful Paramount, Compton and the downtown area. Photos posted conscionable aft 8 americium connected Sunday greeting by the U.S. Northern Command shows troops from the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team successful Los Angeles.

#USNORTHCOM tin corroborate that elements of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the California National Guard person begun deploying to the Los Angeles area, with immoderate already connected the ground. Additional accusation volition beryllium provided arsenic units are identified and deployed. pic.twitter.com/BxqZM2YG1G

— U.S. Northern Command (@USNorthernCmd) June 8, 2025

Around 3 p.m.
CBS News Los Angeles reporters connected the crushed said demonstrations remained peaceful done Sunday greeting and aboriginal afternoon. That changed astir 3 p.m., erstwhile a ample assemblage marched from the steps of City Hall to the adjacent national building, wherever the Metropolitan Detention Center is located. Protesters confronted a enactment of national agents stationed outside.

Protesters marching down a thoroughfare successful downtown Los Angeles connected June 8.

The Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide Tactical Alert. By 3:30 pm, the LAPD's Central Division posted connected X that a dispersal bid was issued and arrests were being made.

Around 3:30 p.m.
Gov. Newsom officially asked the Trump medication to rescind the National Guard deployment order, posting connected X, "This is simply a superior breach of authorities sovereignty — inflaming tensions portion pulling resources from wherever they're really needed."

Around 4 p.m.
Protesters entered the 101 Freeway successful downtown Los Angeles, blocking lanes and the Aliso Street off-ramp arsenic others watched from a adjacent overpass.

The California Highway Patrol unopen down the freeway and deployed dozens of officers, who cleared southbound lanes and pushed demonstrators back. Several radical were detained, and officers deployed fume canisters. The assemblage was wholly moved from the roadworthy by 5 p.m. and moved into the Civic Center.

Around 6 p.m.
An officer hit Australian writer Lauren Tomasi with a rubber slug extracurricular the Metropolitan Detention Center. In a statement, 9News said Tomasi and her camera relation were harmless and would proceed their coverage.

Australian TV newsman covering the protests

Around 9 p.m.
LAPD declared the objection successful downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly and ordered protesters to leave. Protesters continued moving done downtown, mounting disconnected fireworks and throwing objects astatine passing constabulary vehicles. They lit fires successful dumpsters and trash bins and looted astatine slightest 1 store. Protesters besides tagged dozens of buildings with graffiti, including LAPD headquarters, the U.S. Courthouse and the erstwhile Los Angeles Times building.