Watch: Police car ablaze, journalist hit by rubber bullet in LA protests
National Guard troops were deployed to the streets of Los Angeles on Sunday (June 8) to help quell a third day of protests over President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement. Los Angeles police declared several rallies to be "unlawful assemblies" alleging that some protesters threw concrete, bottles and other objects at police.
Video footage captured the moment a Australian journalist was struck by a rubber bullet on Sunday whilst reporting live during the Los Angeles protests. 9News reporter, Lauren Tomasi, had just delivered a piece to camera for viewers in Australia when an armed police officer in riot gear behind her shot her with a rubber bullet.
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