56 arrested amid protests against immigration raids, LAPD says

At least 56 people have been arrested in downtown Los Angeles amid recent protests, authorities said, Report informs via NBC.

Police Chief Jim McDonnell said at a news conference tonight that his officers made 29 arrests yesterday. Capt. Raul Jovel of the department's Central Division reported officers have made 10 arrests so far today.

He also said the California Highway Patrol, which took command of law enforcement along the 101 Freeway as protesters shut it down earlier in the day, made 17 arrests.

Last night's arrests were based on allegations of failure to disperse after police declared an unlawful assembly near the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, Jovel said.

Among those arrested today was a person who allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail at an officer and one who is alleged to have rammed a motorcycle into a line of officers, injuring one, Jovel said. The reasons for the other arrests weren't immediately clear.