‘I can’t see anything!’: Tear gas leaves reporter gasping and coughing during LA protest
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Reporter tear-gassed live on air during LA ICE protest coverage
- A KCAL reporter, Lauren Pozen, was caught in tear gas while covering Los Angeles ICE protests, struggling to speak and see live on air.
- The incident occurred during a CBS Los Angeles broadcast showing law enforcement dispersing demonstrators protesting immigration raids at the Metropolitan Detention Center on Saturday night.
- Pozen reported "fireworks going off" and "tear gas in the air" before her condition deteriorated, prompting anchors to switch to a chopper shot.
- President Donald Trump has deployed the National Guard to quell the protests.
- Watch the video in full above.