The images flowing out of Los Angeles over nearly a week of protests have become the subject of a furious debate in the media and among political partisans. A national poll suggested Americans have mixed feelings about the events that have dominated the news.

As the immigration protests unfolded in Los Angeles, a flurry of misinformation hit social media platforms, sparking further confusion and tension in an already chaotic environment. The demonstrations and the conflicting accounts surrounding them highlight the role social media plays in times of crisis.

As protests in Los Angeles continued for the third day Sunday, police deployed tear gas and impact rounds, which are not meant to be lethal, to disperse crowds outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building, which houses an immigration detention center, and National Guard members dispatched by President Donald Trump began to arrive.

The Pentagon is scrambling to establish rules to guide U.S. Marines who could be faced with the rare and difficult prospect of using force against citizens on American soil, now that the Trump administration is deploying active duty troops to the immigration raid protests in Los Angeles.