Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew Tuesday night, arresting protesters moments after its implementation. Mounted officers and crowd control measures dispersed hundreds demonstrating against President Trump's immigration policies. National Guard troops observed but did not actively participate in arrests. The curfew, implemented to quell vandalism and theft, followed escalating tensions and Gov. Newsom's legal challenge against the federal deployment of military personnel supporting immigration enforcement
National Guard troops, shielded behind plastic barriers, observed Los Angeles police making arrests during a downtown curfew imposed in response to anti-Trump immigration protests. Their presence, however, did not involve direct participation in the detentions
Los Angeles curfew swiftly quelled Tuesday night's anti-Trump immigration protest, resulting in arrests shortly after its implementation. While most protesters dispersed, smaller-scale confrontations continued, a significant decrease from previous nights. Authorities justified the curfew as essential to prevent vandalism and theft by agitators
Los Angeles Curfew Amidst Immigration Crackdown: National Guard Deployment Sparks Controversy. Governor Newsom condemned President Trump's escalating use of the National Guard and Marines in Los Angeles, calling it a "military dragnet" and filing a court injunction to halt their assistance with federal immigration enforcement. While the National Guard maintained a presence, LAPD led arrests during Tuesday night's curfew, employing mounted officers and crowd control measures to quell protests against the Trump administration's immigration policies
California Governor Newsom seeks court injunction halting National Guard's role in federal immigration enforcement, citing heightened civil unrest risks. A Thursday hearing is scheduled, allowing continued operations until then. The Governor argues the military's presence escalates tensions surrounding immigration arrests
National Guard Deployment Near Law Enforcement Actions Amid Immigration Crackdown: Governor Newsom challenges President Trump's use of 4,000+ National Guard troops and 700 Marines deployed in Los Angeles and other cities, raising concerns about escalating tensions and civil unrest during anti-immigration protests. While the Guard's role is primarily to protect federal buildings, the redeployment brings them closer to law enforcement actions, including potential detentions of individuals assaulting officers, though arrests remain the responsibility of law enforcement agencies. This controversial move follows Trump's promised immigration crackdown and fuels ongoing legal battles
Amidst nationwide protests against President Trump's immigration policies, over 4,000 National Guard members and 700 Marines were deployed to Los Angeles and other cities. This deployment, opposed by state and local officials, initially focused on protecting federal buildings, raising concerns about militarization of law enforcement and escalating civil unrest
Anti-Trump protests, sparked by the President's immigration policies, spread nationwide, reaching major cities like Dallas, Austin, Chicago, and New York City. In New York, a large demonstration of over a thousand people resulted in multiple arrests
Texas National Guard on Standby Amidst Austin Demonstrations: Following Monday's Austin protests, where police used chemical irritants to disperse hundreds of demonstrators, Governor Greg Abbott's office announced that the Texas National Guard is on standby in anticipation of further demonstrations
San Antonio National Guard Deployment: Following unrest, Assistant Police Chief Jesse Salame confirmed the deployment of National Guard members to San Antonio. Details regarding the number of deployed personnel and specifics of their deployment remain undisclosed
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass imposed a curfew from 8 p.m. Tuesday to 6 a.m. Wednesday, following five days of anti-Trump immigration protests. The city-wide curfew, expected to last several days, aims to quell violence and property damage. LAPD swiftly enforced the curfew, making arrests and deploying crowd control measures
LA Curfew Enforced After 23 Businesses Looted During Anti-Trump Protests: Police made swift arrests and deployed crowd control measures following a surge in vandalism and looting during demonstrations against President Trump's immigration policies. The city reached a breaking point after 23 businesses were targeted
Los Angeles Downtown Curfew: 1-Square-Mile Restriction After Protests
A one-square-mile (2.5-square-kilometer) section of downtown Los Angeles, encompassing recent protest areas, is under curfew. This targeted restriction, imposed amidst ongoing demonstrations, affects a small portion of the city's overall 500 square miles (1,295 square kilometers)
Los Angeles curfew exemptions: The city's curfew excludes residents of designated areas, homeless individuals, credentialed media, and public safety/emergency personnel, according to LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell
Los Angeles police chief McDonnell reported escalating unlawful and dangerous activity since Saturday, prompting a swift downtown curfew enforcement Tuesday night. Arrests were made immediately, with officers utilizing crowd control measures to disperse large anti-Trump immigration protest groups
“The curfew is a necessary measure to protect lives and safeguard property following several consecutive days of growing unrest throughout the city,” McDonnell said.
Trump left open the possibility of invoking the Insurrection Act, which authorizes the president to deploy military forces inside the U.S. to suppress rebellion or domestic violence or to enforce the law in certain situations. It’s one of the most extreme emergency powers available to a U.S. president.
“If there’s an insurrection, I would certainly invoke it. We’ll see,” he said from the Oval Office.
Later the president called protesters “animals” and “a foreign enemy” in a speech at Fort Bragg ostensibly to recognize the 250th anniversary of the U.S. Army.
Trump has described Los Angeles in dire terms that Bass and Newsom say are nowhere close to the truth.
In a public address Tuesday evening, Newsom called Trump’s actions the start of an “assault” on democracy.
“California may be first, but it clearly will not end here. Other states are next,” he said.
Newsom warned people against inciting violence, but urged them to stand up to the president’s actions.
“What Donald Trump wants most is your fealty, your silence. To be complicit in this moment,” he said. “Do not give it to him.”
The protests began Friday after federal immigration raids arrested dozens of workers in Los Angeles. Protesters blocked a major freeway and set cars on fire over the weekend, and police responded with tear gas, rubber bullets and flash-bang grenades.
The demonstrations have been mostly concentrated downtown in the city of 4 million. Thousands of people have peacefully rallied outside City Hall and hundreds more protested outside a federal complex that includes a detention center where some immigrants are being held following workplace raids.
Despite the protests, immigration enforcement activity has continued throughout the county, with city leaders and community groups reporting ICE present at libraries, car washes and Home Depots. School graduations in Los Angeles have increased security over fears of ICE action and some have offered parents the option to watch on Zoom.
McDonnell said that police had made 197 arrests on Tuesday, including 67 who were taken into custody for unlawfully occupying part of the 101 freeway.
Several businesses were broken into Monday, though authorities didn’t say if the looting was tied to the protests.
The vast majority of arrests have been for failing to disperse, while a few others were for assault with a deadly weapon, looting, vandalism and attempted murder for tossing a Molotov cocktail. Seven police officers were reportedly injured, and at least two were taken to a hospital and released.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth suggested Tuesday that the use of troops inside the U.S. will continue to expand.
The Pentagon said deploying the National Guard and Marines costs $134 million.
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This story has been updated to show the metric conversion for the size of Los Angeles is 1,295 square kilometers, not 2,300.
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Baldor and Copp reported from Washington, D.C. Associated Press writers Dorany Pineda and Christopher Weber in Los Angeles, Amy Taxin in Orange County, California, John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, Jim Vertuno in Austin, Texas, Hallie Golden in Seattle, and Greg Bull in Seal Beach, California, contributed to this report.
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