DOWNTOWN, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two protests in downtown Los Angeles on Friday and Saturday were overall peaceful before the night fell, and smaller groups of demonstrators faced off with law enforcement.
Thousands of people showed up for the "ICE Out" protest on Friday. Then on Saturday, hundreds of people gathered for an anti-ICE protest outside of L.A. City Hall.
A peaceful protest in DTLA turned chaotic after nightfall. Video shows tense moments as police declared a dispersal order.
AIR7 was overhead on Friday as a group of protesters began targeting federal agents guarding the loading dock of the federal detention center. The crowd threw trash and debris toward the shielded agent, video shows. The agents fired back with pepper balls and irritant sprays.
In total, eight people were arrested during the chaos, according to LAPD.
One person was taken into custody for assault with a deadly weapon on an officer, one was arrested for a curfew violation, and six people were arrested for failure to disperse.
Again on Saturday, dispersal orders were issued, and an unlawful assembly was declared near the Federal Building.
Two protests in downtown L.A. on Friday and Saturday were overall peaceful before the night fell, and smaller groups of demonstrators faced off with officers.
AIR7 video shows fireworks going off near the intersection of Alameda Street and Temple Street.
Federal agents deployed tear gas after agitators in the crowd outside began throwing fireworks, rocks and bottles at them, according to police.
It appeared several people were lined up along a wall in handcuffs, likely being taken into custody.
In an update on Sunday, police said 50 people were arrested.
