DTLA: LAPD requesting backup to City Hall where they believe the protest is heading

DTLA: LAPD requested units with riot gear report to Alameda and the 101

DTLA: LAPD has formed a skirmish line to direct protestors away from the federal building and has requested “whatever squads available” to the location

DTLA: LAPD staging at 1st and Spring. They plan to push protestors west on Hill from Broadway.

DTLA: LAPD are firing rubber bullets and beating protestors with batons at Broadway and 1st. They have begun to make arrests.

DTLA: LAPD requesting additional TAC Team to Downtown

DTLA: LAPD Motor Strike Team to act as the blocking force against protestors headed to city hall

DTLA: About 15 officers lined up in front of the Federal Building armed with rubber bullets facing Grand Park. “No Justice, No Peace”, “ACAB”, and more has been spray painted onto the building.

DTLA: 🐷 moving to prioritize federal/city buildings over freeway, sending over more reinforcements heads up

DTLA: Cops filming protestors back

DTLA: LAPD officer asks if the use of "less than lethal" weapon has been approved yet, receives negative response. Allegedly only “normal use of force" is approved.

um there’s apparently a bus on fire at Temple and Los Angeles

By reinforcement they mean a SWAT TEAM

DTLA: LAPD reports skirmish line pushing up the steps of City Hall

DTLA: Until protest at City Hall has been declared unlawful, LAPD will hold the line instead of making arrests.

DTLA: Intersection at Temple and Broadway blockaded by LAPD

DTLA: LAPD officer asks if use of less than lethal is authorized against group with umbrellas, response is that less than lethal is approved

DTLA: Police instruct plainclothes officer out of crowd before “less than lethal” is deployed

“LESS THAN LETHAL” = beanbag rounds and rubber pellets

DTLA: LAPD kettling grand park in front of City Hall. Several officers splintered off into Civic Center Red Line Station on Temple

GRAND PARK: The zip ties are out.