Curfew is enforced as LAPD makes more arrests on tame night in downtown Los Angeles

Downtown Los Angeles ended Wednesday morning after days of immigration protests, dozens of arrests were arrested but sales were less and there were less clashes between protesters and authorities.

The curfew came into effect at 8 p.m. Tuesday and was lifted at 6 a.m. the next day. The Los Angeles Police Department reported that at least 25 people were arrested for violating curfews in the first few hours.

The curfew covers downtown civic centers, including City Hall, major county crime courts, LAPD headquarters and federal buildings, which were targeted by the protests and resulted in property damage and arrests of hundreds of people.

Shortly before the curfew came into effect, Mayor Karen Bass and faith leaders headed to the federal building on Los Angeles Street, traveling through areas covered by broken glass, graffiti, graffiti and spending police ammunition for several days.

Bass said she expects the curfew to remain for a few days and will negotiate before law enforcement is lifted and elected leaders are elected. She said there is a need to curb action that “bad actors who do not support the immigrant community.”

Although local law enforcement officers were not arrested by local law enforcement officers during the initial confrontation with federal immigration authorities on Friday, tensions escalated over the weekend, resulting in large gatherings being attacked by violence, theft, graffiti and property damage.

Los Angeles police said they were arrested 27 people Saturday, 40 people Sunday, and more than 100 people Monday. On Tuesday, Bass announced a curfew at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, another 205 protesters were arrested.

Over the past few days, people have been arrested for a series of suspected crimes, including failing to disperse, throwing Molotov cocktails at an officer, driving motorcycles into police, destroying property and stealing.

“Many businesses are now affected by vandalism,” Bass said Tuesday. “23 businesses were robbed last night. If you drive through the city, graffiti is everywhere and has caused significant damage to businesses and many properties.”

Parts of the city were planned for the last time during the 2020 George Floyd protests.

Hundreds of people have been detained in the attacks since Friday, immigration and customs executives said. But it is not clear how many people have been arrested. An immigration rights leader in Los Angeles said about 300 people have been detained by federal authorities in California since the start of the sweep last week.

Angela Salas, director of the Los Angeles Humane Immigration Rights Coalition, said her team used interviews with family members, conversations with elected officials, and direct coverage to confirm detention.

“Our community is terror. We are angry at what is happening,” she told the Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday.

Scans in Southern California appear to be in progress. Images posted on social media by ICE show that on Tuesday, troops armed with rifles accompanied federal immigration law enforcement officers to detain personnel.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has sued restricting the federal government's use of military personnel in Los Angeles. He said Trump's move sent the National Guard and Marines to Los Angeles to “abuse power.”

“Democracy is under attack before our eyes. We are worried about the moment it has arrived,” Newsom said.

Residents Association in Downtown Los Angeles. The ongoing immigration attacks are called “inhuman threats” and urged an end to the vacancies and theft protests in the midst of protests, saying the actions will not “make anybody near us, including our immigrant neighbors, safer or better.”

“One of the reasons we like living in downtown from the fashion district to Chinatown, and every neighborhood in between is because we are well-known for our cultural and racial diversity,” the organization wrote.

TimesTaf writer Noah Goldberg and grace Contributed to this Report.