Los Angeles police have made arrests after a curfew took effect in part of the United States’s second-largest city amid continuing protests against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) said late on Tuesday that “mass arrests” were under way as people gathered within the designated downtown curfew area. “Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda,” the LAPD wrote on X. “Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect.”
Later, many of the protesters had dispersed, although sporadic confrontations continued. Officials said the curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble. The curfew applies to 1sq mile (2.6sq km) of the downtown area, and will be in effect from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday (03:00 GMT to 13:00 GMT Wednesday), LA Mayor Karen Bass said.
Bass said she expected the curfew to remain in effect for several days, but stressed that the order applied only to a small portion of the city, which covers 502sq miles (1,300sq km). “Multiple groups continue to congregate on 1st St between Spring and Alameda,” the LAPD wrote on X. “Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated. Curfew is in effect.”
Later, many of the protesters had dispersed, although sporadic confrontations continued. Officials said the curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble. The curfew applies to 1sq mile (2.6sq km) of the downtown area, and will be in effect from 8pm on Tuesday to 6am on Wednesday (03:00 GMT to 13:00 GMT Wednesday), LA Mayor Karen Bass said.
Bass said she expected the curfew to remain in effect for several days, but stressed that the order applied only to a small portion of the city, which covers 502sq miles (1,300sq km). Many of the people we have spoken to here say that they are wrong – that they are working people who have come to this country to find a better life,” Bo said.
“That’s why most of the people who are here are extremely angry, and they are demanding an end to the raids.” Bo said the activists she spoke to also stressed the need to keep the demonstrations peaceful.
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