Curfew is enforced as LAPD makes more arrests on tame night in downtown Los Angeles
Downtown Los Angeles ended Wednesday morning after days of immigration protests, dozens of arrests were arrested but sales were less and there were less clashes between protesters and authorities.
The curfew came into effect at 8 p.m. Tuesday and was lifted at 6 a.m. the next day. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that at least 25 people were arrested for violating curfews in the first few hours.
The curfew covers downtown civic centers, including the City Hall, the main county crime court building, the LAPD headquarters and federal buildings, which have been protests that have resulted in property damage and arrests of hundreds of people.
Shortly before the curfew came into effect, Mayor Karen Bass and faith leaders headed to the federal building on Los Angeles Street, traveling through areas covered by broken glass, graffiti, graffiti and spending police ammunition for several days.
Bass said she expects the curfew to remain for a few days and will negotiate before law enforcement is lifted and elected leaders are elected. She said there is a need to curb action that “bad actors who do not support the immigrant community.”
Although local law enforcement officers were not arrested by local law enforcement officers during the initial confrontation with federal immigration authorities on Friday, tensions escalated over the weekend, resulting in large gatherings being attacked by violence, theft, graffiti and property damage.
Los Angeles police said they were arrested 27 people Saturday, 40 people Sunday, and more than 100 people Monday. On Tuesday, Bass announced a curfew at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, another 205 protesters were arrested.
Over the past few days, people have been arrested for a series of suspected crimes, including failing to disperse, throwing Molotov cocktails at an officer, driving a motorcycle into a group of policemen, destroying property and stealing.
“Many businesses are now affected by vandalism,” Bass said Tuesday. “23 businesses were robbed last night. If you drive through the city, graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damage to businesses and many properties.”
Parts of the city were planned for the last time during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
Hundreds of people have been detained in the attacks since Friday, immigration and customs executives said. But it is not clear how many people have been arrested. An immigration rights leader in Los Angeles said about 300 people have been detained by federal authorities in California since the start of the sweep last week.
Angela Salas, director of the Los Angeles Humane Immigration Rights Coalition, said her team used interviews with family members, conversations with elected officials, and direct coverage to confirm detention.
“Our community is terror. We are angry at what is happening,” she told the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday.
Staff writer Noah Goldberg contributed to this article.
