Protester stabbed as rally against mass deportations turns violent
 
 
 
 
 
 

Protester stabbed as LA rally against mass deportations turns violent

The protest marks the sixth straight day of rallies against Pres. Donald Trump's immigration policies
/ 05:57 PM February 07, 2025

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Los Angeles riot police officers assist paramedics evacuating an injured high school student after a fist fight broke among students at a rally to stop President Trump’s mass deportations and demand immigration reform at Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

LOS ANGELES – A protest rally against Pres. Donald Trump’s mass deportations and immigration policies turned violent Friday in downtown Los Angeles, when a fight broke out and a teenager was stabbed.

The protest, largely involving high school students, began earlier Friday morning, with various groups ultimately converging on Los Angeles City Hall, then marching through streets in the area and later gathering in Grand Park.

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High School students rally to stop President Trump’s mass deportations and demand immigration reform in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Around 1:30 p.m., some type of scuffle broke out among an unknown number of people, and one person — likely a student — wound up on the ground, bleeding from an apparent stab wound, according to video from the scene. Many of other students then ran from the park as police and paramedics arrived.

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One person, described as a teenage boy, was loaded into an ambulance and taken to a hospital in unknown condition. Initial reports from the scene indicated that a person had been detained, but no arrests were immediately reported.

A witness told KTLA5 that the assailant who stabbed the victim was an outsider who was not involved in the actual protest.

Los Angeles police declared the remaining protesters to be involved in an unlawful assembly and ordered the group to disperse, which they ultimately did.

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While the participants walked in various directions away from the park, a group later assembled on the Sixth Street Bridge, forcing a temporary closure of the span until the crowd moved on.

Spring Street was closed in front of City Hall and Grand Park while a police investigation was conducted.

The protest by students against President Donald Trump’s immigration policies marked the sixth straight day of such rallies in the downtown area.

The marches had been mostly peaceful, although dozens of people were detained when a protest got unruly Monday night. (CNS)

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