Los Angeles Mayor Imposes Curfew For Downtown

CBS News reports:

Mayor Karen Bass announced a curfew for downtown Los Angeles as anti-ICE protests continued on Tuesday. The curfew will begin at 8 p.m. tonight, last until 6 a.m. on Wednesday, and apply to one square mile of downtown L.A., “to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting,” Bass said during a press conference Tuesday night.

“If you do not live or work in downtown L.A., avoid the area,” Bass said. “Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you will be prosecuted.”

“The city of Los Angeles is a massive area, 502 square miles,” Bass said. “The area of downtown, where the curfew will take place, is one square mile … Some of the imagery of the protest, of the violence gives the appearance as though this is a citywide crisis and it is not.”

Read the full article. It’s not yet known if the curfew will continue beyond last night.