The LAPD said on social media that the people in the crowd were throwing "rocks, bricks, bottles and other objects" while they were near the federal building.

Days of street protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids have seen some scuffles with law enforcement, but a video circulating online does not show clashes in the United States' second-largest city.

The largely peaceful protests during the "No Kings Day" demonstration in downtown Los Angeles took an intense turn in the afternoon. Police ordered the crowd to disperse at about 4:15 p.m. PDT near Alameda Street and Temple Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Division.

Protesters filled streets in hundreds of cities across the US to oppose President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday, as he held a military parade in Washington.

Protesters returned to the streets of downtown Los Angeles Sunday, one day after a nationwide series of "No Kings Day" demonstrations.