A limited curfew will go into effect Tuesday for part of downtown Los Angeles after several nights of violence that followed largely peaceful daytime protests over immigration enforcement raids, Mayor Bass said.
The curfew will be in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. and may continue for several days. It includes about 1 square mile of downtown Los Angeles from the 5 Freeway to the 110 Freeway and the 10 Freeway to the point where it merges with the 110 and 5 freeways.
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The curfew does not apply to residents and people who work in the area.
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"If you do not live or work in downtown LA, stay away," Mayor Karen Bass said.
The order comes after a weekend of protests that turned violent in the downtown LA area. On Monday, largely peaceful protests during the day were followed by a night of looting and vandalism.
Bass said a curfew had been considered for several days, but was deemed necessary after 23 business were looted or vandalized Monday night.
More than 100 arrests were reported Monday in downtown LA, the LAPD said. There have been at least 200 arrests by the LAPD and CHP since Friday, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the situation.
Demonstrations continued Tuesday near federal buildings in downtown LA. Some protesters walked onto the 101 Freeway, briefly halting traffic before a line of officers directed them off the freeway.
snowflake37wao on June 11st, 2025 at 07:22 UTC »
Well thats intriguing. A lot of implications there.
macross1984 on June 11st, 2025 at 03:58 UTC »
News no longer can be trusted for accuracy as they tend to exaggerate the scope so that more people will click article or watch video.
I miss the day when journalism had high standard that required vetting before news was released to public. Now, they release before vetting and end up retracting after apology.
Joessandwich on June 11st, 2025 at 03:36 UTC »
For anyone not in Los Angeles, I cannot stress enough the fact that these are incredibly small protests with comparatively little damage. Los Angeles is huge and this is taking place in a very, very small area. The riots that occurred here in 2020 after a George Floyd protest blew up were significantly larger and much more destructive - and then were followed by days of peaceful marches. (To be fair, I was much closer to those protests and riots so there may be some personal bias due to experience.) In those cases a curfew was imposed and seemed to help.
I question whether a curfew is necessary now as any erosion of simple rights like our right to assemble is a very slippery slope, especially these days. I can only hope that it will help curb the people who want to intentionally cause violence. Overall from my perspective the vast majority of Angelinos are STRONGLY against the current overhanded and intentionally provocative actions of ICE and the administrations response and hope that everyone else in this country sees this as a clearly desperate attempt by our president to justify a massive power grab and violence against us.