No Kings, ICE protests and downtown Los Angeles
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NBC Los Angeles on MSNWhat to know about ‘No Kings' protests in Los AngelesA week of demonstrations continues into the weekend in Los Angeles with events planned around the nationwide ‘No Kings’ protests. ‘No Kings’ events and other gatherings are expected in downtown Los Angeles,
In Los Angeles, 38 people were arrested downtown on Saturday night, police said Sunday. In Huntington Beach, police arrested a convicted felon they said had a loaded handgun.
The American Civil Liberties Union said over 5 million people participated in protests against the Trump administration on June 14.
Police in Los Angeles, where protests over federal immigration enforcement raids erupted a week earlier and sparked demonstrations across the country, used tear gas and crowd-control munitions to clear out protesters on Saturday.
Detectives believe the victim was at the demonstration as a bystander and “was not the intended target of the gunfire.”
As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.
The Texas Department of Safety has arrested a man in connection with a “credible threat toward state legislators” attending Saturday's protest.
Saturday marks the first full day of Marines on duty in Los Angeles, one week after protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids ignited in LA and spread to other cities across the U.S., including New York City, San Francisco, Boston, and Austin, Texas.