( NewsNation) — Some protesters in the increasingly violent clashes with law enforcement in Los Angeles have thrown rocks and launched water bottles, fireworks and other projectiles at officers, while police have fired foam and rubber bullets, tear gas and “flash bangs” to try to disperse crowds.

Los Angeles finds itself at the center of a brewing crisis as massive immigration enforcement operations have ignited citywide

The protestors in Los Angeles were outraged after ICE, using brutal tactics, began detaining people in raids across the city. Thousands of Angelenos took to the streets over the weekend to confront the masked federal enforcers and, in some cases, forced them away.