LA news anchor claims people are having 'fun' watching cars burn, riots 'relatively peaceful'

"It could turn very volatile if you move law enforcement in there in the wrong way, and turn what is just a bunch of people having fun watching cars burn into a massive confrontation and altercation between officers and demonstrators," he said.

Correspondent Tim Caputo, who was reporting live from the scene, also warned about the "fine line" police had to walk to keep the peace but not "provoke" the crowd.

"It's tough because their presence alone is sometimes agitating the crowd. The police presence, the flashbangs, the tear gas, those are provoking the crowd to fire back, but it's tough because police are not part of the immigration," he said.

Caputo added that it was a "nuanced issue" but violence was "not OK" no matter what your cause is.

During their live coverage Sunday, both Rand and Caputo emphasized the violence was limited to just a handful of agitators and not reflective of the crowd of protesters at large.

"I don't know that I would characterize it [as a riot]," he said. "The vast majority are people taking videos, people waving flags, people walking around, people wanting to be part of the cause, wanting to have their voices heard, and wanting to show the power of numbers and the power of force…[but]you have these pockets of people who are intentionally causing some issues."

"It's tough to describe the crowd as a whole as agitators. I wouldn't even say that, even close to that," Caputo continued. "[I]t doesn't seem like this necessarily encompasses the vast majority of people here, it's just everyone gets caught up in the hoopla."

"It's a matter of a couple of people kind of ruining everything for everyone else," Rand confirmed. "What might have been a peaceful demonstration certainly is no longer that, as those cars continue to burn and explode."

As more explosions went off in the background, Caputo and his cameraman tried to relocate from the scene. 

Rand then declared that things "look relatively peaceful right now," if you don't count the cars on fire.

"It's hard to say that with three cars burning, things do seem relatively calm minus these cars that have been set on fire," the anchor added.

Trump sent 2,000 National Guard troops to the area on Friday to address the violence, which drew criticism from California Gov. Gavin Newsom and LA Mayor Karen Bass.

Fox News' Anders Hagstrom and Audrey Conklin contributed to this report.