Waymo has suspended service of its ride-hailing service in downtown Los Angeles after its vehicles were set on fire during protests against immigration raids in the area.

California has been coping with civil unrest, as swarms of protesters have taken to the streets following a series of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids targeting workplaces in Los Angeles County.

In one photo, at least five Waymo robotaxis can be seen engulfed in flames, with anti-Immigration and Customs Enforcement graffiti scrawled on the doors.

Waymo autonomous vehicles were torched in downtown Los Angeles amid escalating protests over federal immigration raids.

Waymo taxis were set on fire during L.A. protests. It's unclear whether they were called or if protesters simply took advantage of their presence

Waymo is a project of Google, whose CEO, Sundar Pichai, attended Donald Trump’s inauguration. And the company’s effort to replace human drivers with robots is a threat to blue-collar jobs — to say nothing of its work on AI and all the societal implications on labor and education that entails.

Alphabet is facing some investor anxiety as multiple Waymo self-driving cars were attacked during protests in Los Angeles over the weekend.

LA residents who surveyed the damage after the protests on June 8 were disillusioned by what unfolded in their city and feared what might come next.