Photos: Anti-ICE protests gets heated on ‘National Shutdown’ day

Nationwide protests take place Friday as part of a “National Shutdown” in response to immigration actions in Minnesota.

The mostly peaceful protest took a turn as day turned to night in downtown Los Angeles and the crowd refused to disperse.

LAPD declared a citywide tactical alert and a dispersal order was issued as officers formed skirmish lines near the federal building.

A protester shouts at Department of Homeland Security officers who were holding back protesters outside the Metropolitan Detention Center in L.A.

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Ex-CNN anchor Don Lemon speaks to the media after his arraignment at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Courthouse in Los Angeles on Friday.

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Protesters stand on top of a bus stop while joining hundreds of activists and protesters who take part in an “ICE Out of Everywhere” protest in downtown Los Angeles.

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Hundreds of activists and protesters march down Cesar Chavez Avenue in downtown Los Angeles.

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People tend to a protester who held onto the hood of a van driven by federal agents as it left the Metropolitan Detention Center during the protest in Los Angeles.

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Protesters wave flags over the 101 Freeway during a nationwide ‘ICE Out’ protest.

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An LAPD officer fires a less-lethal launcher at protesters at Alameda and 1st streets in downtown Los Angeles.

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Protesters head south on Alameda Street as LAPD officers push them out of the area in downtown Los Angeles.