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    Home - USA News - LA Mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ as police make 197 arrests
    USA News Updated:June 11, 2025

    LA Mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ as police make 197 arrests

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    LA Mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ as police make 197 arrests

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    • Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has imposed an overnight curfew from 8pm to 6am to mitigate vandalism and looting, with 23 businesses reportedly affected on Monday night.
    • A local emergency has been declared as police report 197 arrests, and violators of the curfew may face detention; exemptions are in place for specific groups.
    • Protests against US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s raids have prompted a federal response, including the deployment of 4,000 National Guard troops, which Governor Gavin Newsom has deemed unnecessary and politically motivated.

    Los Angeles protests: Mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ as police make 197 arrests

    The mayor of Los Angeles has announced that a curfew will be in force overnight, as officials attempt to “stop the vandalism and stop the looting”.

    Karen Bass says the restrictions will be in force in downtown areas of the city from 8pm to 6am local time (4am to 2pm UK time) – and will likely be repeated in the coming days.

    LA Mayor imposes curfew 'to stop the looting'

    She confirmed that a local emergency had been declared as “we reached a tipping point”, with 23 businesses looted on Monday night.

    Ms Bass said “graffiti is everywhere”, with “significant damage” to properties as a result of the protests.

    Jim McDonnell, the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department, described the curfew as a “necessary measure to protect lives” after “unlawful and dangerous behaviour” had been escalating in the last few days.

    On Tuesday alone, 197 arrests were made by the force, and he warned anyone violating the curfew without a valid reason would be detained.

    Residents, people who are homeless, those travelling to and from work, credited media as well as public safety and emergency personnel, will be exempt from the curfew, according to Mr McDonnell.

    The curfew covers a one square mile (2.59 square kilometre) section of downtown LA that includes the area where protests have happened since Friday. The city of Los Angeles encompasses roughly 500 square miles (2,295 square kilometres).

    The protests are in response to raids carried out by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE).

    ‘Trump activates 4,000 National Guard troops’ 

    US President Donald Trump has activated 4,000 National Guard troops – the federal reserve force – to protect ICE officers carrying out raids as well as federal buildings in LA, despite objections by California Governor Gavin Newsom, who called the deployments unnecessary, illegal and politically motivated.

    Mr Trump also sent 700 Marines, who are expected to start operating in the LA area on Wednesday, according to the US Northern Command.

    State officials said Mr Trump’s response was an extreme overreaction to mostly peaceful demonstrations, with California senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla saying the domestic mobilisation of active-duty military personnel should only happen “during the most extreme circumstances, and these are not them”.

    Mr Trump defended his decision in a speech to soldiers at the Army base in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, on Tuesday, saying his administration would “liberate Los Angeles”.

    “Generations of Army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores only to watch our country be destroyed by invasion and third-world lawlessness,” Mr Trump said.

    “What you’re witnessing in California is a full-blown assault on peace, on public order and on national sovereignty, carried out by rioters bearing foreign flags.”


    Sources

    Los Angeles protests: Curfew comes into force – as California’s governor steps up his attack on Donald Trump – Sky News

    Los Angeles protests: Mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ as police make 197 arrests – Yahoo UK

    Los Angeles mayor imposes curfew ‘to stop the looting’ on fifth day of clashes against immigration raids – LBC

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