Police used batons and "less-lethal" riot munitions against a crowd of antifa activists in Los Angeles Saturday afternoon as they counter-protested a demonstration against a local spa. Several were arrested after police formed a "kettle" formation around part of the crowd. Wi Spa has become the target of demonstration following a viral video from a customer saying she was upset over a transgender woman in women's facilities. Filmed by N2S contributor Jake Lee Green NO REUSE WITHOUT PERMISSION Please contact Ford Fischer at fordfischer@news2share.com or call (573) 575-NEWS to license video. Photos and additional footage may be available upon request. Support News2Share on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/FordFischer Special Thanks to Patreon Contributors Ardel David, Dustin Gagne, and Emily Molli See more at http://News2share.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcY636x6Gig

A previous version of this video was controversially banned from the YouTube platform. Below is a statement to YouTube as well as the original text of the description. Statement to YouTube: "Hi, I'm Ford Fischer, Editor-in-Chief of News2Share. If you watch this channel frequently but aren't familiar with me, there's a good reason for that. I believe in using raw footage and livestream when possible to show what happens at the events I cover, while keeping commentary from myself absent. I prefer to let viewers watch and decide for themselves, while I make no claims as to whether the people I'm filming are right or wrong. This model has brought a politically diverse audience to my work, which I hope to continue building. On January 6, I filming the video you're about to watch. Ahead of the Capitol Insurrection, President Trump spoke for nearly 70 minutes, claiming that his election loss was the result of voter fraud. I filmed from within the massive audience, panning around to show their reactions. My footage showed the audience watching his speech beginning to end, and took no positions at all about Trump's claims. President Trump has now been impeached and faces trial Monday for alleged "Incitement of Insurrection." Both the Democratic Memorandum and former President Trump's lawyers' memo reference moments captured in my footage, although they interpret it differently. This is exactly why my video is raw, to let the viewers decide for themselves. The night before the House delivered the articles of impeachment to the Senate, YouTube took the video down, citing the then-president's claims heard in the video as election misinformation. I have had a weeks-long struggle with the platform to get the video back up, which escalated to them demonetizing my entire account, and remonetizing it after a sympathetic article by Fox News. In a new email, they tell me that while they're glad to reinstate my monetization, my footage of the then-president speaking can only be up if it "contains countervailing views, and/or additional news/reporting context must be present in the images or audio of the video itself." For that reason, I will cite the language YouTube has been putting on videos for the past couple months. As YouTube used to include under election-related videos, Joe Biden is the President of the United States: States certify results after ensuring ballots are properly counted and correcting irregularities and errors. As YouTube now includes under some videos: Robust safeguards ensure the integrity of election results. They link to https://www.cisa.gov/rumorcontrol to learn more, and I will include that link in the description. I hope that this warning suffices for YouTube to allow the video to remain online. Thank you for watching." Original ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=REBdlYCro1Y