US EditionLos Angeles mayor announces curfew as anti-ICE protests continue downtown
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, JUN 11 – Mayor Bass imposed a nightly curfew and declared a local emergency after 23 businesses were looted and over 350 arrests were made amid protests against federal immigration raids.
- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Tuesday in a one-square-mile downtown area amid protests.
- The curfew followed federal immigration raids on Friday that sparked protests and escalated unrest including looting of 23 businesses.
- Governor Gavin Newsom condemned the deployment of over 4,000 National Guard and 700 Marines by President Trump, calling it a "military dragnet" and an "assault" on democracy.
- On Tuesday, law enforcement arrested a total of 197 individuals, with 67 taken into custody for illegally blocking the freeway, while the Pentagon reported that the cost of the troop deployment would be approximately $134 million.
- The curfew aims to reduce vandalism and theft, while protests continue daily and legal efforts seek to block military involvement in immigration enforcement.
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Tensions sparked by ongoing immigration enforcement operations in the L.A. area remained heightened Thursday. While a dusk-to-dawn curfew appeared to be paying dividends by reducing confrontations with police, arrest numbers continued to mount.
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