Los Angeles lifts curfew for downtown district

NHK

9 hours ago

The Los Angeles mayor has lifted a curfew that she imposed on part of the city's downtown area to rein in criminal activity that followed protests against raids on undocumented migrants.
Karen Bass made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday.
She said, "The curfew, coupled with ongoing crime prevention efforts, have been largely successful in protecting stores, restaurants, businesses and residential communities from bad actors who do not care about the immigrant community."
Los Angeles police say they arrested more than 570 people during the curfew, which was put in place on June 10.
The mayor introduced the measure in a bid to curb looting, vandalism and other criminal behavior that emerged in the wake of angry protests against raids on undocumented migrants by the Trump administration.
Trump posted on social media on Sunday that officials "must expand efforts to detain and deport Illegal Aliens in America's largest Cities, such as Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York, where Millions upon Millions of Illegal Aliens reside."
Members of the National Guard and Marines continue to be deployed in Los Angeles.