section_path: Events/June 6
section_name: June 6
paragraph_text: June 6
  
  At approximately 9:15 a.m. PDT on June 6, an immigration raid was conducted within the Los Angeles Fashion District; two other raids occurred at a clothing wholesaler and a Home Depot in Westlake. Agents present at the raid were identified with Federal Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives patches. Homeland Security Investigations stated that 44 people were arrested for suspected immigration violations and one person was arrested for obstruction. Bill Essayli, the acting United States attorney for the Central District of California, said that David Huerta, the California president of the Service Employees International Union, was arrested for blocking a vehicle and charged with felony conspiracy to impede an officer. Huerta was injured and taken to the hospital, where he was transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center. Angelica Salas, the director of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, stated that there were seven raids in which 45 people had been detained.
  
  Clashes between protesters and ICE agents in riot gear occurred near the Westlake Home Depot. ICE also arrested several people at a clothing store and clashed with activists. Crowds formed in the evening outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. Approximately 200 protesters remained at the facility by 7 p.m., when the Los Angeles Police Department declared the protest to be an unlawful assembly and ordered protesters to disperse. LAPD was brought to stop civil unrest after crowds graffitied slogans on a federal court building and gathered outside a jail. After "some protesters hurled chunks of broken concrete toward officers", the LAPD engaged in intense standoffs with protestors in which tear gas, pepper spray, and flash-bang grenades were used to disperse the crowd. The police department authorized the use of less-lethal munitions the following hour. This was followed at 8:24 p.m. by a citywide tactical alert.