Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Los Angeles, blocking off a major freeway and setting self-driving cars on fire as law enforcement used tear gas, rubber bullets, and flash bangs to control the crowd.

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A protester throws a smoke canister on the 101 Freeway near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, following immigration raid protests.

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Protesters start a fire in the trash dumpster near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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Police fire less lethal munitions at protesters near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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A person reacts to irritants during protests near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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Los Angeles Police officers patrol near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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Protesters stretched from the city hall to the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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Multiple Waymo taxis burned near the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday,.

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A protester displays a poster as tear gas is used in the metropolitan detention center of downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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A California Highway Patrol officer pulls an electric scooter off a vehicle on a highway as protesters throw objects at the police vehicles near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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California Highway Patrol vehicles line up on a Freeway entrance in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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A woman waves the Mexican flag as flames erupt from a burning dumpster during a protest in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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People take cover as a fire work explodes during a protest near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday.

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A protester holds a U.S. flag in downtown Los Angeles as protesters voice their outrage against a series of immigration raids that occurred over the weekend.

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People throw debris at law enforcement officers during a protest against a series of immigration raids that occurred over the weekend, in downtown Los Angeles.

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Protesters in downtown Los Angeles voice their outrage against a series of immigration raids that occurred over the weekend, in Los Angeles.

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Los Angeles Police Department officers respond when a parking kiosk is set on fire after protests against local immigration raids escalated into violence in Los Angeles on Sunday.

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