Apple and Adidas stores among businesses looted and damaged in downtown LA

A rioter waves a Mexican flag in front of police in riot gear
Two LAPD officers were injured and transported to a hospital for treatment and released.
The damage included a smashed window at an Apple Store, where some merchandise was stolen and graffiti was painted on windows. Looters also targeted an Adidas store, pharmacy, marijuana dispensary and other locations.
Video showed a damaged jewelry store with merchandise cleared from shelves.
Los Angeles Police Department Officer Chris Miller told City News Service one woman was arrested at the scene of the Apple Store burglary. At least two other people were seen being taken into custody by police for looting.
LAPD said its officers arrested one person on suspicion of attempted murder for using a Molotov cocktail against officers.
People have also directed commercial grade fireworks at officers, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell added.
Historic Core Business Improvement District Executive Director Blair Besten said the organization called for a curfew and a National Guard presence in the area.
Local authorities have repeatedly condemned the presence of "agitators" who take advantage of political protests for criminal purposes.
A large crowd gathered in Gloria Molina Grand Park.
As night fell, a group clashed with police on a stretch of Los Angeles Street south of the 101 Freeway. Some people tossed fireworks and other objects at law enforcement, and authorities responded with tear gas and other less-lethal munitions.
About 300 federalized National Guard members were deployed to federal properties in Los Angeles, including the downtown LA Metropolitan Detention Center. McDonnell said the LAPD has a very good relationship with the National Guard after working closely together for months during the Palisades Fire that ignited Jan. 7.
More National Guard troops and about 700 Marines were activated by the federal government at the start of the week. A battalion of Marines deployed to LA is there and ready to respond, the commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen. Eric Smith, said.
The Marines receive orders from the U.S. Northern Command. The Marines are trained for crowd control and will carry shields and batons, Smith said.
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The Los Angeles Police Department has arrested busloads full of protesters in an effort to regain control of lawless rioters and assert their authority

Protesters with their hands zip tied behind their backs were led onto white LAPD buses and driven from the scene of a protest in Little Tokyo

Rioters were zip tied before being led onto the buses

Law enforcement officers arrest a rioter outside the Federal Building in Los Angeles

700 Marines are in Los Angeles along with 2,000 more National Guard troops

Marines

These troops are tasked with defending federal assets and personnel, including federal immigration agents

An additional 800 law enforcement officers from nearby counties and the California Highway Patrol were pulled in to help the LAPD

Officers told demonstrators that the area was under an unlawful assembly order and warned them to either disperse and head home, or risk arrest

Downtown Los Angeles braces for another night of riots

Rioters clash with police near the Federal Building and detention center in Los Angeles, California

Rioters wave combination US-Mexican flags

Viva Mexico rioters

A rioter holds a Mexican flag in front of a container on fire

LA rioter waving Mexican flag

Harrowing scenes saw rioters torch cars, attack authorities with fireworks, bricks of cement and tear gas and destroy infrastructure - as leftists tried to maintain that the riots were primarily peaceful

Fireworks explode behind Ventura County Sheriff's department deputies in riot gear in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles

The White House needed to deploy the National Guard to California in order to keep law enforcement officials safe

Rioters have turned to violence, including setting cars on fire and throwing items at police

LAPD has been hamstrung by years of funding cuts and now need all the help they can get to quell the riots

Officers don't have enough boots on the ground to stop days of riots that have seen cop cars torched

LA's Communist Mayor Karen Bass

The FBI identified 40-year-old Elpidio Reyna - who lives in Compton - as the rioter who injured a federal officer by throwing heavy rocks or bricks breaking the windows law enforcement vehicles

ICE Los Angeles arrested Mab Khleb, a 53-year-old citizen of Cambodia. He had previously been convicted of lewd action with a child

ICE Los Angeles arrested Jose Jimenez-Alvarado. He has a previous felony conviction for multiple counts of theft

'As long as you feel ok with capitalism, racist, imperialist f***ing state, that's all you are man,' a protester yelled, but the officer responded with a clever question: 'Do you even know what that means?'

Police enforcing a curfew

Los Angeles Metro Police officers stand on the road in front of the City Hall after a curfew was put into effect

Rioters walk by one of several Waymo cars that were set on fire in downtown LA. The cars have lithium batteries so their fires are difficult to extinguish.

Rioters with Mexican flag rally in San Francisco's Mission district as leftists try to spread riots nationwide

La Raza riots in Austin, Texas