Police began “mass arrests” of protesters after an emergency curfew came into effect for part of downtown Los Angeles. It will be in place until 6 a.m. local time and will likely be in effect for a few days, Mayor Karen Bass said. Protests similar to those in LA are increasingly popping up in other major US cities, including New York, Chicago, Austin and Washington, DC. More demonstrations are planned this week and weekend.
Members of the Texas National Guard will be deployed to various locations in the state ahead of planned protests this week, Gov. Greg Abbott said. The number of people arrested during the LA protests keeps climbing, with nearly 200 taken into custody Tuesday – before the curfew. The mayor said that 23 businesses were looted during four days of protests.
A federal judge has denied California’s request for an immediate restraining order that would temporarily prohibit the Trump administration from using the Marines and the National Guard to enforce laws in the state, including immigration enforcement. Senior US District Judge Charles R. Breyer set a hearing for Thursday.
About 700 Marines have been activated to help protect federal personnel and property. They are standing by and awaiting orders outside LA, and many of them are undergoing additional training prior to assisting with the protests, US officials told CNN.
A curfew is currently in place in part of downtown Los Angeles, with police saying they have begun arresting dozens of protesters Tuesday evening. Scattered demonstrations have also popped up in multiple cities across the US, with Texas deploying the National Guard The curfew is in place for pockets of downtown LA where demonstrations in the city have been concentrated. It applies from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Pacific Time, and LA Mayor Karen Bass said it could be in effect for a few days. It only covers an area of about 1 square mile, and will impact fewer than 100,000 of LA’s 4 million residents, according to authoriti The Los Angeles Police Department said late Tuesday it had begun making “mass arrests,” with dozens detained for failing to disperse at an unlawful assembly area. At least 378 people have been arrested over the past four days, the LAPD said earlier Tuesda Similar protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Trump administration have spread to major cities like New York, Chicago, Seattle, Denver, San Francisco, Atlanta and more. The protests come as ICE races to meet the White House’s immigration arrest quotas.
