LA mayor announces curfew amid protests over Trump’s immigration crackdown

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Karen Bass says curfew for portion of downtown country volition instrumentality effect from 8pm section clip (03:00 GMT Wednesday).

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has announced a curfew for a tiny portion of downtown Los Angeles amid protests against United States President Donald Trump’s migration crackdown.

The curfew volition use to an country of 1 quadrate mile (2.6km) and beryllium effect from 8pm connected Tuesday to 6am connected Wednesday, section clip (03:00 GMT to 13:00 GMT Wednesday), Bass said during a quality conference.

“Many businesses person present been affected oregon vandalised. Last night, determination were 23 businesses that were looted and I deliberation if you thrust done downtown LA, the graffiti is everyplace and has caused important damages to businesses and a fig of properties,” Bass said.

“So my connection to you is: If you bash not unrecorded oregon enactment successful downtown LA, debar the area. Law enforcement volition apprehension individuals who interruption the curfew and you volition beryllium prosecuted.”

Bass said she expects the curfew to stay successful effect for respective days, but stressed that the bid lone applies to a tiny information of the city, which covers 502 quadrate miles.

“I deliberation it is important to constituent this out, not to minimise the vandalism and unit that has taken spot determination – it has been important – due to the fact that it is highly important to cognize that what is happening successful this 1 quadrate mile is not affecting the city,” Bass said.

“Some of the imagery of the protests and the unit gives the quality that this is simply a city-wide situation and it is not.”

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