Days of street protests in Los Angeles against immigration raids have seen some scuffles with law enforcement, but a video circulating online does not show clashes in the United States' second-largest city.

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Press Club and investigative reporting network Status Coup today sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its chief, alleging in federal court that reporters’ rights were violated by police while covering recent immigration raids and subsequent civil unrest.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After a calm night in downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass on Monday slightly trimmed the hours of a curfew imposed last week after days of violent protests and looting that followed President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

The ongoing protests in Los Angeles began with small demonstrations against immigration raids in the nation's second largest city.

President Trump has said the city would be burning without military intervention, but the protests have been confined to a relatively small area.

President Donald Trump is moving swiftly to act on his immigration promises with little internal restraint, determined to test the bounds of his executive authority in order to fulfill the promises of his reelection campaign.

Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"

The Southern California native joins a growing number of music artists speaking out against the immigration raids.