The large group, calling for a National Day of Action, could be seen through aerial footage walking in the middle of Spring Street, moving along to block an intersection at Chick Hearn Court and 11th Street all the while waving Mexico flags and carrying protest signs.

Draped in Mexican and Salvadoran and flags, roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near City Hall shortly before noon, blocking traffic at Spring and Temple streets

Police in riot gear moved in on protesters in downtown Los Angeles after a daylong demonstration against Trump’s immigration policies and mass deportations. The protest, which was organized and promoted on social media,