LAist reporters witnessed LAPD officers firing less-lethal munitions into crowds and taunting protestors from a helicopter. State law and a federal court order restrict the use of crowd dispersal weapons unless specific criteria are met.

Law enforcement has been pushing back Los Angeles protestors with 'less lethal' weapons. Now the National Guard is deployed and Marines are activated.

The National Guard has at times detained protesters in its deployment to Los Angeles, an official said Wednesday, as demonstrations against Immigration and Customs enforcement raids spread to other major cities.

National Guard troops arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday after being ordered into the city by President Trump in response to a weekend of violent clashes between law enforcement officers and protesters triggered by immigration enforcement operations in the area on Friday.

A Times analysis identified more than a dozen agencies that were on the ground in the past week. See which are represented, the gear they carry and how they interact.

Journalists have been shot with less-lethal police rounds, tear-gassed, shoved and detained while chronicling the ongoing civil unrest and military intervention in Los Angeles.

Here is what happened on each day the protests against immigration detention operations in the Los Angeles area.

Legal scholars say Trump’s memo authorizing the deployment of National Guard and Marines may stretch presidential powers beyond their limits

As the military presence ramped up in Los Angeles, communities are preparing for the largest protests against Trump since he took office.