Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles on Tuesday lifted a nighttime curfew she had imposed last week in the downtown district of the nation’s second-largest city to quell protests over federal immigration raids.
Since this past weekend’s demonstrations, the mayor said, arrests and skirmishes with the police had declined markedly. In a statement, Ms. Bass said the seven-day curfew had been a success, and had helped ease tensions and protect stores, restaurants and residents from “bad actors who do not care about the immigrant community.”
The mayor said she was prepared to reissue a curfew if she felt one was needed. “My priority will continue to be ensuring safety, stability and support in the downtown neighborhoods,” she said.
Los Angeles has reeled since June 6, when a series of militarized raids by federal immigration authorities prompted scattered protests that led the Trump administration to deploy 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 U.S. Marines to the region.
Neither state nor local authorities had requested the federal aid. On June 10, after four days of disruptions that at times erupted into violence, mostly in a few blocks of the city’s downtown area, Ms. Bass initiated the nighttime curfew. Lasting from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., the curfew covered a small but active patch of the 503-square-mile city.
Shawn Hubler is The Times’s Los Angeles bureau chief, reporting on the news, trends and personalities of Southern California.
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