LOS ANGELES—A large group of people protesting President Donald Trump’s illegal immigration policies blocked traffic on the 101 Freeway, and clashed with law enforcement in downtown Los Angeles Sunday.
The protesters gathered Sunday morning on Olvera Street for what the Los Angeles Police Department called a non-permitted demonstration. The crowd grew to a few thousand people who marched to City Hall, before many walked onto the freeway near the Alameda Street exit.
Footage from the scene showed more than a thousand boisterous protesters walking on both sides of the freeway shortly after noon, many carrying U.S. or Mexico flags or signs assailing ICE….