Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran flags, demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets, amid honking horns and solidarity messages from passing motorists.
Protesters blasted a mix of traditional and contemporary Mexican music from a loudspeaker, and some danced in the road in traditional feathered headdresses. The protests continued into the evening. After a citywide tactical alert was issued around 7 p. Near Union Station, officers formed lines to stop the protesters and push them back, he said.
As of 10 p. Videos posted on social media after 10 p. Protesters told The Times that it was those actions that prompted them to rally downtown. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Nailah Esparza, 18, said that it was her first protest and that she learned about it about a week ago from TikTok videos.
Beware the Nazis. The demonstration was largely peaceful, with some enterprising street vendors taking advantage of the moment to sell bacon-wrapped hot dogs, ice cream, churros, beer and even shots of Patron tequila. But things appeared to ratchet up when the driver of a silver Mustang began doing doughnuts in a usually busy intersection near City Hall. Soon after, a few police cars arrived as dozens of protesters walked onto the nearby Freeway, while hundreds more crowded overpasses, waving flags and holding signs.
