Police in downtown Los Angeles overnight into yesterday arrested at least 25 people for contravening a curfew after a fifth day of protests against an immigration crackdown.
Security officers, including several riding horses, patrolled near government buildings, while men boarded up storefronts after dark on Tuesday to protect against vandalism.
The protests turned ugly again, but an hour into the curfew only a handful of protesters were left downtown, with police making several arrests as they warned stragglers to leave.
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Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the protests over arrests by immigration authorities.
Overnight on Monday, 23 businesses were looted, police said, adding that more than 500 people had been arrested over the past few days.
The demonstrations, which began on Friday, and acts of violence prompted US President Donald Trump to send in troops to support federal enforcement officers, over the objection of the state governor.
One protester told reporters that the arrest of migrants in a city with large immigrant and Latino populations was the root of the unrest.
“I don’t think that part of the problem is the peaceful protests. It’s whatever else is happening on the other side that is inciting violence,” she said.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that the curfew — meant to stop vandalism and looting — was in effect within a 2.5km2 area from 8pm to 6am.
That zone was off-limits for everyone apart from residents, journalists and emergency services, Bass said.
Protests against immigration arrests by federal law enforcement officers have also sprung up in cities across the US, including New York, Atlanta, Chicago, San Francisco and Austin, Texas.
On Tuesday, in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven, dozens of people waved US and Mexican flags, and held signs denouncing the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement federal agency.
“You got people that are being arrested on the street by [immigration] agents that don’t wear badges, wear masks ... it makes me really angry,” 26-year-old protester Brendon Terra told reporters.
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