Rioters smashed windows of the Los Angeles Police Department’s (LAPD’s) headquarters on West 1st Street and faced tear gas that officials deployed downtown as agitators clashed with authorities in the city.

Rioters were seen targeting the LAPD headquarters on Sunday night as violent demonstrations spread through LA over the weekend in response to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids.

President Donald Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops to the area on Friday.

“California politicians must call off their rioting mob,” the Department of Homeland Security said in a Monday morning post on X, along with video footage from the riots. “Federal law enforcement are working to protect and safeguard American citizens from criminal illegal aliens. Why is California’s governor siding with foreign criminals?”

Demonstrators block the highway, as law enforcement officers stand facing them, during a protest against federal immigration sweeps in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

The administration is “bringing in folks to provide support so that we can do the fundamental duty of the government, which is to protect its law enforcement and its people from these violent assaults,” Pompeo said.

“We do all remember the summer of ‘20 when this got out of hand and the local law enforcement and governments just let the flames burn. This can’t happen this time, and you see President Trump and his team taking the actions that are both appropriate and necessary to protect people,” the former Secretary of State said.

Fox News’ Louis Casiano, Stephen Sorace and David Spector contributed to this report.