After hours of peaceful protests in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, tensions escalated outside the Metropolitan Detention Center with law enforcement pushing into a crowd of about 200 people and spraying a chemical agent on demonstrators. Amid the unrest, the city went on tactical alert shortly after 5 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. | Los Angeles Times

The Trump administration began sending National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day of confrontations between protesters and immigration agents carrying out raids of local businesses. | Los Angeles Times

An electoral college vote count certification conducted by Congress on Wednesday was interrupted suddenly when protesters objecting to President-elect Biden’s victory breached the U.S. Capitol’s security barriers. Follow live updates: https://www.latimes.com/politics/liveblog/live-updates-congress-electoral-college-votes | Los Angeles Times