A scholar who studies the politics of protests weighs in on the potential fallout from the episode in Los Angeles.

The curfew by Mayor Karen Bass mandates that people in certain zones stay indoors from 8 p.m. Pacific time until 6 a.m. She said she expects the curfew to last several days.

Just as police brutality sparked the Watts riots, masked abductions by ICE agents and militarized raids sparked the recent ...

In 1965, nearly 14,000 Guard troops were sent to Los Angeles amid the Watts riots at the request of the California lieutenant governor, according to Stanford University’s Martin Luther King, Jr ...

Members of the National Guard take aim during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, during the Watts Riots, August 1965. (Photo by Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images) ...

Members of the National Guard take aim during rioting in the Watts area of Los Angeles, during the Watts Riots, August 1965. (Photo by Express/Archive Photos/Getty Images) ...

Los Angeles residents and experts say that the National Guard's presence in Los Angeles in response to immigration protests is reminiscent of a long-standing dynamic in the state and around the ...