Cleanup of graffiti, damage begins in Los Angeles as anti

By Christian Martinez

(Reuters) -Even as protests against raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement stretched into a fourth day Monday in Los Angeles, city workers began a cleanup of graffiti and other weekend damage across the city.

Maintenance workers could be seen removing anti-ICE graffiti spray painted on City Hall as other workers covered up messages in the city’s Arts District. Burned out shells of Waymo autonomous vehicles remained on the city street where they had been engulfed in flames a day earlier.

Spray painted messages with expletives aimed at ICE and anti-police, and pro-migrant statements could be seen across downtown Los Angeles, including at the Roybal Federal Building where protesters continued to gather on Monday afternoon.

The cleanup efforts come after pr