LA mayor issues city curfew TONIGHT as violence reaches 'tipping point'
Mayor Karen Bass issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday 'to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting,' following four days of protests against
Trump's immigration crackdown
in the city.
She said in a news conference that she had declared a local emergency and that the curfew will run from 8 p.m. Tuesday until 6 a.m. Wednesday. The curfew will be in place in a 1 square mile (2.59 square kilometer) section of downtown that includes
the area where protests have occurred
since Friday.
'We reached a tipping point' after
23 businesses were looted
, Bass said.
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Mayor Bass said that the curfew is likely to continue for several days, until law enforcement and elected leaders deem it unnecessary.
(Image: AP)
The curfew will likely last for several days, she said, and will only end after a consultation is made with law enforcement and elected leaders. It will not apply to individuals living within the designated area, individuals experiencing homelessness, credentialed media or public safety emergency personnel, according to LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
The mayor suggested earlier Tuesday that she had been considering a curfew if violence broke out again, but said it would not be necessary citywide.
The curfew zone
in downtown will extend from the 5 Freeway to the 110 Freeway, and from the 10 Freeway to where the 5 and 110 Freeways merge, Bass said.
Over 150 people have been arrested during the four days of protest in Los Angeles over Trump's immigration crackdown.
(Image: Anadolu via Getty Images)
Police have arrested more than 150 people during the four days of protest, which
California
lawmakers said have been mostly peaceful. Some protestors were seen lobbing water bottles at CHP officers Sunday.
Members of
Los Angeles
law enforcement have been filmed
shooting a non-lethal rubber bullet
at an Australian reporter,
spraying tear gas
and
throwing flash grenades
at protestors, and attempting to
stomp a protestor while on horseback
.
Bass and other Los Angeles officials have asked protestors to remain nonviolent, though the appearance of graffiti on downtown buildings has gone against her requests to Angelenos.
Protestors temporarily halted traffic on the 101 Freeway Sunday when a large crowd spilled onto the two-way, multi-lane highway.
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