A protest in Compton against ICE raids escalated on Saturday afternoon when demonstrators set a car on fire, one of several heated scenes across Los Angeles that led President Trump to deploy thousands of National Guard troops to the region.

In dramatic footage captured by the stringer service Key News Network, a white sedan is fully engulfed by a blaze in the middle of the intersection of Atlantic and Alondra boulevards while groups of onlookers, protestors – some waving Mexican flags – and sheriff’s deputies in riot gear surround the flaming scene.

KNN reported that several demonstrators were impacted by crowd control measures such as pepper balls and flashbangs to disperse the crowd – with one man seen on video bleeding from his face.

While protests sparked by Friday and Saturday’s I

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