A CNN reporter was detained by police live on air while covering the protests in Los Angeles.

Jason Carroll was led away by officers on Monday night with his hands held behind his back, despite identifying himself as a correspondent with the broadcaster.

“I’m being detained… I’m not being arrested, correct officers?” he could be heard saying, as he was taken outside a security perimeter.

Mr Carroll, who appears to have been detained for under 30 seconds, said the incident was unusual because police normally “realise that the press is there doing a job”.

“You take a lot of risks as press – this is low on that sort of scale of risks. But it is something that I wasn’t expecting, simply because we’ve been out here all day,” he said.