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Protests that break out remain mostly peaceful during the day, but at night agitators engage in fiery clashes with police.
Thousands of "No Kings Day" protests are set to be held throughout the country on Saturday to protest the Trump administration.
Police on horseback dispersed crowds in L.A. before the curfew came into effect at 8 p.m. local time on Wednesday evening. (The curfew lifts at 6 a.m.) An estimated 400 arrests and detentions have taken place so far amid the ongoing protests in the southern Californian city.
In recent years, in Baltimore and elsewhere, there have been efforts and scholarship on how cities can best handle demonstrations and how organizers can most successfully promote their cause.
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With migrant communities already living in fear amid the Trump administration's immigration crackdown, ICE raids in downtown Los Angeles sparked days of protests.
Andrea Nakano reports on an organizer pushing for peaceful protest. It comes as the FBI offers a reward for a person seen hitting a federal agent at a Concord protest. Website: YouTube: Facebook: I
Together with the military deployment in Los Angeles and the military parade that President Trump presided over in Washington, these events showcase how the strategic use or rejection of force could shape months, even years, of mass protest as well as the future of American democracy.
NBC News' Jacob Soboroff reports from Los Angeles City Hall where thousands of protesters have gathered for a 'No Kings' protest against the Trump administration and ahead of the president's Washington D.