They are using rubber bullets to disperse the crowd and it is mostly working. They hit an Australian journalist in the ankle as she was reporting from the front of the demonstrators and it really stung her. With camera rolling she turned 180 degrees to walk into the crowd but she was met with a widely dispersed crowd.
The LAPD is well trained and other than stinging people there didn’t seem to be much injury. I think they are doing what they do best and it is working.