Residents of Los Angeles have expressed anger and frustration over federal immigration raids, which they say are instilling widespread fear in their communities. This comes as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided several locations in Los Angeles on Friday, sparking mass protests downtown. As immigration crackdowns continue across Southern California and the nation, the raids have resulted in dozens of individuals being detained, igniting widespread protests, confrontations and chaos in the second-largest U.S. city. In the evening, about 500 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles to protest the raids. Large crowds walked through the area holding signs and chanting "ICE out of LA". Long after the daylight hours, the protests were still taking place in downtown Los Angeles, with people setting up barricades in one of the intersections. A set of law enforcement agents were actively shooting plastic bullets and concussion grenades into crowds, with a heavy smell of gas in the air. They were also heavily using gas canisters to disperse the crowd. However, the protesters, angry and frustrated following the raids by the ICE agency which has led to several family separations, were not backing down. "People throwing rocks. They're trying to light up a cop car on fire. The police are responding by throwing tear gas. On Friday, it was really bad like they just kept throwing tear gas, pepper spraying the air, making sure they were hitting people. People in the freeway were getting hit with metal rods in the stomach to push them back. It was peaceful, I guess. But they're pushing it, I think," said an anonymous protester. "They don't even know if they are documented or undocumented. They're just grabbing people and pulling them in vans. And that's the scary thing about it. It creates a big fear in the communities. So it's like I can come just like go to school, come back, and get a phone call and be like 'my parents aren't here, where are my parents?' And then I have to keep on wondering where my parents are, where my parents or my family, my relatives are. And I get a phone call saying 'oh they took them and that's something that I kind of like have in my mind the whole time," said another anonymous protester. As tensions escalated over the weekend, President Donald Trump authorized 2,000 National Guard troops to deploy to the city. Law enforcement officers have used flash-bang grenades and tear gas to disperse crowds. The deployment was not at the request of the governor Gavin Newsom, but very much at the opposition of the governor himself. Newsom called it a very inflammatory move to deploy more than 300 troops on the ground as a result of this, as well as a serious breach of state sovereignty. SHOTLIST: Los Angeles, USA - June 8, 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of protesters, fire, vehicles; 2. SOUNDBITE (English) anonymous protester (name not given): "People throwing rocks. They're trying to light up a cop car on fire. The police are responding by throwing tear gas. On Friday, it was really bad like they just kept throwing tear gas, pepper spraying the air, making sure they were hitting people. People in the freeway were getting hit with metal rods in the stomach to push them back. It was peaceful, I guess. But they're pushing it, I think."; 3. Various of protesters holding signs; 4. SOUNDBITE (English) anonymous protester (name not given) (partially overlaid with shot 5): "They don't even know if they are documented or undocumented. They're just grabbing people and pulling them in vans. And that's the scary thing about it. It creates a big fear in the communities. So it's like I can come just like go to school, come back, and get a phone call and be like 'my parents aren't here, where are my parents?' And then I have to keep on wondering where my parents are, where my parents or my family, my relatives are. And I get a phone call saying 'oh they took them and that's something that I kind of like have in my mind the whole time."; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 5. Protesters, fire; [SHOT OVERLAYING SOUNDBITE] 6. Vehicles, fire. [Restrictions: No access Chinese mainland]