Violence erupted in downtown Los Angeles over the weekend, throwing the city into chaos as tensions surrounding President Donald Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown reached a boiling point. In the midst of the unrest, Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi found herself directly in the line of fire.

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Tomasi, a U.S. correspondent for Nine News, had been reporting live from the protests when the situation took a terrifying turn. Demonstrators had flooded the streets near the Metropolitan Detention Centre on Sunday, June 8, and while the day had started peacefully, it quickly spiraled into violence. By afternoon, fires raged and confrontations between police and protestors intensified.