June 9, 2025 - Los Angeles protest news

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Anthony Albanese, Australia's prime minister, during an address at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described footage capturing Nine News US correspondent Lauren Tomasi being shot by a rubber bullet while covering the LA protests as “horrific,” the outlet reported.

“She was clearly identified. There was no ambiguity,” Albanese told reporters at the National Press Club on Tuesday.

Albanese said he had raised the issue with the Trump administration.

Footage aired on Sunday showed Tomasi speaking on camera in Downtown Los Angeles about the protests and police visible in the background. Moments later, a loud bang was heard behind her and she was hit by a rubber bullet. The reporter yelled in pain before the clip was cut.

The prime minister said that he spoke with Tomasi earlier Tuesday, who assured that she was “sore but otherwise unharmed,” Nine News reported.

Australian reporter covering LA protests hit by rubber bullet

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Australian reporter covering LA protests hit by rubber bullet

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Law enforcement officers stand guard during a protest against federal immigration in downtown Los Angeles, California, on Monday.

Night has fallen in Los Angeles as protesters and police face off in the city’s downtown area, with tensions ramping up in recent hours. Here’s the latest:

Two security personnel working with a CNN crew in downtown Los Angeles were briefly detained by LAPD. They have since been released.

No charges were filed.

CNN reached out to the LAPD for comment.

This screengrab taken from a video shot by CNN appears to show detained protestors being loaded onto an LAPD bus.

Buses are filling up with detained protesters in Los Angeles as police sweep through the streets and disperse remaining demonstrators, according to CNN crews on the ground.

CNN Correspondent Michael Yoshida, reporting from downtown LA, described seeing police form a line and advance toward the group of protesters — which had already thinned out somewhat after demonstrating all day near the city’s Metropolitan Detention Center.

Officers had given protesters “the ultimatum that it was time to disperse, time to go home or to risk being arrested,” Yoshida said. “It seems we’ve now reached that point where the call was made.”

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Detained protesters loaded on to LAPD bus

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Detained protesters loaded on to LAPD bus

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This screengrab shows police officers asking CNN reporter Jason Carroll to place his hands behind his back as he and his crew are escorted out of a protest zone in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.

A CNN team was escorted outside the perimeter of a protest zone in downtown Los Angeles Monday night, as officers arrested demonstrators after they had “boxed them in,” CNN reporter Jason Carroll said.

Carroll said later his hands were not placed in restraints.

Carroll reports a “couple of dozen or so” protesters were arrested in the area after being warned by police to disperse.

Speaking on CNN to Laura Coates, Carroll described the interaction as surprising.

“It something that I wasn’t expecting, simply because we’ve been out here all day. We’ve covered any number of protests,” Carroll said.

The CNN team is now stationed outside the perimeter of the protest zone, where police said they will arresting anyone who remains on the ground for failure to disperse.

The LAPD declined to comment on the incident involving the CNN crew.

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CNN crew escorted away from protest zone by LAPD

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CNN crew escorted away from protest zone by LAPD

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A CNN crew was removed by police from a protest zone in downtown Los Angeles Monday night.

“What I need from you is to put your hands behind your back,” one police officer told CNN reporter Jason Carroll, before directing him and members of the CNN crew a few yards away.

“We’re going to take them all out –– one at a time,” police said, before escorting the crew out off the area.

One officer took down everyone’s details.

“You’re not under arrest because you’re press,” the officer said.

As police converged on protesters in downtown Los Angeles after a weekend of unrest in opposition to ICE raids in the city, Erin Burnett witnessed clashes, including law enforcement firing rubber bullets and flash bangs into the crowd:

Police in riot gear react as fireworks are thrown toward them during a protest in response to federal immigration operations in downtown Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025

Dozens of demonstrators are gathered near the Weller Court Shopping Center in Little Tokyo in what appears to be a tense standoff with police.

Video from CNN affiliate KABC showed what appeared to be a protester throwing fireworks toward police before the canister was kicked back into a crowd of demonstrators and exploded.

Police have warned protesters over the past few days that throwing objects at law enforcement would be met with “appropriate force.”

Yesterday, LAPD police chief Jim McDonnell said the violence against officers had escalated.

Protesters march in Dallas, Texas on Monday.

Immigration advocacy groups gathered at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in downtown Dallas on Monday in solidarity with the Los Angeles demonstrations, CNN affiliate KTVT reported.

At least one person was arrested during the protest, with charges pending, Dallas police said.

Videos from the scene show a large crowd holding signs and waving Mexican and American flags. Police vehicles lined the streets as officers were seen pulling some protesters to the ground.

A tense standoff unfolded between protesters and police in riot gear, with officers holding shields. Several demonstrators, their faces covered with bandanas and masks, were heard shouting expletives.

Antonio Rodriguez, an organizer with the Brown Berets, called for unity:

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Officers and protesters in standoff in downtown LA

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Officers and protesters in standoff in downtown LA

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As the sun sets in Los Angeles, lines of police in riot gear are stationed at intersections near the city’s Arts District.

The atmosphere is much calmer than it was roughly an hour ago, when a large crowd of protesters was gathered, according to a CNN team on the ground.

Some in the crowd threw bottles and other items at the officers –– when a firework was thrown, police advanced to disperse the crowd, firing rubber bullets and flash-bangs, CNN’s Jason Carroll reported from the scene.

Los Angeles police department personnel fire non-lethal rounds at protesters on Monday, June 9, 2025, in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo Jae Hong)

A small number of arrests appear to have been made. As the number of protesters in the area dwindled, police appeared to be in a holding pattern, with zip ties in hand.

Demonstrators who spoke with CNN are asking why the National Guard have been deployed –– many feeling invigorated and angered by the decision.

There are several reasons Los Angeles is a hotspot for immigration unrest — a major one being the sheer size of its immigrant population and the importance of those communities to the city’s heritage and culture.

LA is home to more than 1.35 million immigrants, meaning 1 out of every 3 residents is an immigrant, according to the LA government in 2024.

And as of last November, LA is a self-designated sanctuary city — which limits the local government from cooperating with federal immigration authorities, including prohibiting the sharing of data or the use of city employees for immigration enforcement.

Winner of Best Female Hip Hop Artist US rapper singer Doechii speaks on stage during the 2025 BET Awards at the Peacock Theatre in Los Angeles on Monday.

Several celebrities have spoken out in recent days expressing support for the protests and criticizing the Trump administration’s deployment of the National Guard.

Rap newcomer Doechii, who shot to fame after winning her first-ever Grammy in January, highlighted the issue on stage while accepting an award at the BET Awards, held in Los Angeles.

“I do want to address what’s happening right now outside of the building. There are ruthless attacks that are creating fear and chaos in our communities in the name of law and order. Trump is using military forces to stop a protest,” Doechii said, to applause from the crowd.

“And I want you all to consider what kind of government it appears to be when every time we exercise our democratic right to protest, the military is deployed against us.”

Singer-songwriter Finneas also posted on Instagram on Sunday, saying he had been tear gassed and slamming the Trump administration’s response. “Tear-gassed almost immediately at the very peaceful protest downtown. They’re inciting this,” he wrote, according to CNN affiliate KTLA.

Actor Mark Ruffalo, known for playing the Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, condemned the ICE raids in an Instagram post, comparing immigration agents to “packs of coyotes.”

NYPD officers carry a detained demonstrator during a protest against deportation by Immigration and Customs Enforcement outside Jacob K. Javits Federal Building in New York, on Monday.

The Los Angeles protests, which began as a reaction to immigration raids and the arrest of dozens of people, mainly immigrants, have sparked similar demonstrations around the country in recent hours.

Elsewhere in California, protests have popped up in Santa Ana — just southeast of LA — and San Francisco, further up the coast, where about 150 people were arrested on Sunday.

Police in New York City said they also arrested “multiple people” at anti-ICE protests, who had blocked vehicles in front of federal buildings on Monday.

A crowd gathered outside the ICE building in Atlanta on Monday afternoon to demand the release of detainees, according to video from CNN affiliate WSB.

Similar protests took place Monday in Louisville, Kentucky, and in Dallas.

Labor leaders in various locations called for the release of David Huerta, an influential union leader who was detained during the LA protests and later released on bond. The demonstrations for his release took place on Monday in cities like Boston, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Seattle, Washington, DC, and several other states including Connecticut and New York.

President Donald Trump has deployed National Guard troops to Los Angeles to protect federal personnel and property after clashes broke out between demonstrators and police this weekend. CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller explains what it might take for Trump to deploy active military to the city.

A police officer fires a crowd control munition into the ground while confronting demonstrators in Los Angeles on Monday, June 9.

Protesters are reflected in the sunglasses worn by a law enforcement officer.

People gather during a protest outside the federal building.

SEIU California and SEIU-USWW union president David Huerta reacts as he speaks to the media after his release from detention outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building.

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National Guard stand guard near the metropolitan detention center on Monday, in downtown Los Angeles.

Approximately 1,700 National Guard members are now operating in the greater Los Angeles area two days after President Donald Trump’s Saturday memorandum deploying 2,000 service members to respond to anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles, according to a statement from US Northern Command.

On Monday evening, the Pentagon announced that Trump ordered the deployment of an additional batch of 2,000 more National Guard members. It is unclear when the rest of the initial group, or the new troops announced Monday, would arrive in Los Angeles.

In a rare move, Trump overrode California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s continued objections to the federal troops in his state to quell immigration protests.

The state of California filed suit against the Trump administration Monday afternoon, asking a judge to declare the call-up of National Guard troops unconstitutional, and asking the court to halt any future deployments.

In her first appearance since the federal government launched its response to Los Angeles protests, US Attorney General Pam Bondi lambasted the clashes between protesters and law enforcement and promised a crackdown from the Justice Department.

The DOJ has “nine open cases” connected to the protests in LA, Bondi said in an interview on Fox News Monday evening. She did not specify whether the department had brought charges in those cases or if they were still in the initial phases of investigation.

CNN has reached out to the department for clarification.

One of those investigations is into a masked individual who was filmed breaking cinderblocks and throwing shards at law enforcement officers, she said. The FBI has identified that man and is searching his home, she said, but Bondi did not provide his full name.

Federal prosecutors will also bring charges against those who assaulted federal officers and local police, Bondi said. “If California won’t protect state officers, we will,” she said.

The Justice Department is also considering cases that normally would be left to state authorities, Bondi said, including those dealing with individuals accused of looting shops.

“As President Trump said: You spit we hit,” the attorney general said. “Get ready.”

Homeland Security secretary Kristi Noem appears on Fox News on Monday.

Kristi Noem claimed on Fox News Monday that demonstrators in Los Angeles are being paid and that the protests are an operation “professionally done.” The Homeland Security secretary didn’t offer any evidence.

Fox host Sean Hannity asked Noem about pallets of bricks that he claimed mysteriously appeared at a protest. “Have you found evidence of organization and funding?” he asked.

“Absolutely,” Noem said. “These are organized. These are people that are being paid to do this. You can follow how they behave, the signals they give to each other in these crowds and these protests to instigate violence. This is an operation, and it’s professionally done. They’ve done it before, and we’re going to stop it and make sure that we prosecute every single one of them.”

CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security requesting details around Noem’s claims.

Noem also said that on Monday, law enforcement officers went after “four to 500 targets” today in LA, who “were known members of gangs in LA that have been victimizing people for years that Gavin Newsom has done absolutely nothing about.”

“We conducted more operations today than we did the day before, and tomorrow, we’re going to double those efforts,” Noem added.

A protester kneels waving a National flag from El Salvador in front of a line of law enforcement officers near the Federal Building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday.

Law enforcement has started slowly guiding a group of protesters down a street away from the federal building.

It appears that Los Angeles police are conducting the operation without the involvement of the National Guard.

Protesters appear calm and are complying with police orders to keep moving, although tensions are aggravated as they are condensed into a smaller area.

Every minute or so a flashbang can be heard. It also appears some of the protesters may have been hit by some police projectiles but it is not immediately clear what it is.