![LAPD officers arrest a protester on Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on election night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/da7e693/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4429x2952+14+0/resize/2000x1333!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fd5%2Fd9%2F912752b345148789b383e71fbdd5%2Fla-photos-1staff-645048-me-1103-election-protests1-wjs.jpg)
LAPD officers arrest a protester on Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on election night.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles police on Tuesday night shadowed groups of people near Staples Center, arresting about 50 on charges of failing to disperse after their gathering was declared unlawful.
![A protester and a police officer face off in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/d4d93de/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3121+0+0/resize/2000x1300!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Ff5%2F9c%2Fc978118e4b439f177b0fc3727fdb%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la003-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
![Protesters march in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/3d62b95/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3220+0+0/resize/2000x1342!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F2a%2Fd3%2F2b7b67414ca58789b3448fbbf8d1%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la002-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Protesters fleeing police jump a fence near 18th and Figueroa streets in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/de91ece/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3162+0+0/resize/2000x1318!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2Fb0%2F6ce750594043864ed427e7a75295%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la004-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
![LAPD officers detain a protester on Figueroa Street downtown](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/9fec369/2147483647/strip/true/crop/3440x2228+0+0/resize/2000x1295!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fba%2Fd0%2F0e6b63bd481b94dbfd91ad09873d%2Fla-photos-1staff-645048-me-1103-election-protests4-wjs.jpg)
LAPD officers detain a protester on Figueroa Street downtown Tuesday night.
(Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
![Protesters march down Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f0dda59/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3308+0+0/resize/2000x1378!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc3%2F96%2Fc01489954365aecf096cc31a6da1%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la001-ls.jpg)
Protesters march down Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![A police helicopters hovers over downtown Los Angeles, where protesters gathered on Tuesday night](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/c222667/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3087+0+0/resize/2000x1286!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F92%2F42%2Fa3fd6e63465db9185165fddaceb6%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la010-ls.jpg)
A police helicopters hovers over the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles, where protesters gathered on Tuesday night
(Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
![Police take positions along Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/265eefb/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x2979+0+0/resize/2000x1241!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc7%2F68%2F49084eaf4456b231f68e5bf2c34f%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la008-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![LAPD officers detain protesters on Figueroa Street downtown Tuesday night.](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b89f08b/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3259+0+0/resize/2000x1358!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2F5f%2F857a1aa545ed84ecc9a4f85ed627%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la005-ls.jpg)
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
![Police clear the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night](https://ca-times.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/f86f6f6/2147483647/strip/true/crop/4800x3152+0+0/resize/2000x1313!/quality/75/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcalifornia-times-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F19%2F23%2F3297e9e948c9a959fbcf39a97173%2Fla-photos-1staff-644190-a-me-election-night-la009-ls.jpg)
Police clear the intersection of Washington Boulevard and Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday night.
(Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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