There was a pro-Roe protest in Los Angles last night. Like most of these left-wing protests, it could probably be described as mostly peaceful or maybe partly peaceful with a chance of vandalism. Here’s how it all started:

…roughly 400 people gathered in front of the federal courthouse at 1st and Broadway earlier Tuesday night, less than 24 hours after Politico obtained a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that seemed to signal the court was poised to overturn the landmark 1973 decision legalizing abortion nationwide.

Amid the sound of blaring car horns, abortion rights advocates spoke in front of the courthouse and held signs that read, “We need to talk about the elephant in the womb,” “I am a woman not a womb” and “Pro-woman, pro-child, pro-choice.”

As the sun started to go down, a crowd decided to march t Pershing Square:

We are facilitating a group of 250 walking from federal building (broadway/1st)to Pershing square. Route will be sb broadway to e/b 5th street to Pershing square. Motors and central units facilitating. Expect traffic delays. pic.twitter.com/I65jYtBe3G

— Chief Michel Moore (@LAPDChiefMoore) May 4, 2022

And that’s when things took a turn.

Receiving update on protest @ Pershing Square. A segment of the group began to take the intersection. We attempted to communicate, clear and provide dispersal order to the group. Crowd began to throw rocks and bottles at ofcrs . We have one ofcr injured( Unk extent). https://t.co/nYMbwTUsxj

— Chief Michel Moore (@LAPDChiefMoore) May 4, 2022

Here’s the LA Times report on what happened:

Around 8:30 p.m., as the gathering started to disperse, some protesters blocked the intersection of 5th and Hill streets, just outside Pershing Square.

Police slowly drove a pair of vehicles into the intersection, moving about 40 protesters out of the way. Some were seen pounding on the hoods of the vehicles; most left the intersection.

Police declared an unlawful assembly at 9:20 p.m. and lifted it about 20 minutes later.

Officers hit some of the protesters with batons. A glass door at a Planet Fitness was smashed.

That doesn’t sound like much but video from last night shows a lot of angry shouting at police and some scuffles. I can’t quite tell if the guy in red in the 2nd clip below spit at the officer or just pretended to spit at the officer.

The Department of Homeland Security is getting aggressive here in Downtown Los Angeles at the pro-choice protest pic.twitter.com/dX12CVqK8Y

— Vishal P. Singh (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@VPS_Reports) May 4, 2022

A bunch of the protesters, including the guy in red, surrounded a police car that had already been vandalized. You can’t see exactly what happened but police reacted and started pushing people back knocking one guy to the ground.

Things are getting intense. LAPD and DHS officers assaulted pro-choice protesters multiple times here in Downtown Los Angeles. pic.twitter.com/Prg3lvAbGM

— Vishal P. Singh (they/he) 🏳️‍⚧️ (@VPS_Reports) May 4, 2022

You can see that same incident from another angle in this next clip (top one).

While I was photographing & filming tonight abortion rights protest an LAPD or DHS vehicle purposefully almost hit me. They had done this to other press/protesters moments prior as well. pic.twitter.com/HSFA93rBRz

— Jessica (@jessrayerogers) May 4, 2022

At some point, police tried to arrest one of the guys dressed in black bloc. This happened in the same area but I’m not sure if it happened right before or right after the previous clips. Two officers were surrounded by people in black bloc trying to “de-arrest” the guy. Some of them got hit with a baton while the other officer kept wrestling with the suspect on the ground. Ultimately he got away because the second cop couldn’t help with the arrest. Seconds after the guy escaped, someone threw an electric scooter at the officers. Fortunately it missed.

TW

5/3: Los Angeles
Defend Roe V. Wade

I’m at a loss for words when it comes to what I just witnessed. This is a clip of LAPD with the help of DHS brutalizing abortion rights activists. Will speak more later & post additional footage. @TheActivatedPod @PplsCityCouncil pic.twitter.com/wGlwtxRL13

— Jessica (@jessrayerogers) May 4, 2022

Here’s another angle which shows the flying scooter and the guy who threw it more clearly.

VIDEO THREAD: Last night in Los Angeles, LAPD faced off with a coalition of anti-fascists protesting the Supreme Court draft decision overturning Roe v Wade.

At one point, police attempted an arrest (unclear why) & crowd surrounded them, successfully de-arresting their comrade. pic.twitter.com/AFggzG9ONp

— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) May 4, 2022

Ultimately no one was arrested. Two LAPD officers were hurt, but the injuries were minor.

Two LAPD officers suffered minor injuries, the department confirmed Wednesday. One of those officers may have been struck with his own baton.

“I just know that he was attacked by part of the crowd of instigators,” LAPD Capt. Steven Ruiz said. “And in doing so, he was possibly struck…I can’t confirm that it was his baton, but he was struck in the head. But he’s doing OK.”

We can probably expect more of this especially once the actual decision overturning Roe is released this summer. The left already has a pattern for these protests that worked pretty well for them in 2020 and the media already has a pattern for covering them that also worked well for the protesters. The people who think this sort of thing is going to help Democrats in the midterms are the same people who were certain “defund the police” was going to help the party in 2020. This will become more evidence for the majority of Americans that the illiberal left shouldn’t be anywhere near actual power.