LA riots: Mayor imposes curfew in downtown 'to stop looting'

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday imposed a curfew in downtown after days of protests against ICE raids led to clashes with police, vandalism, and some looting at night.

The curfew will be in effect from 8 pm Tuesday to 6 am Wednesday and will cover a 1-square-mile area.

“I have declared a local emergency and issued a curfew for downtown Los Angeles to stop the vandalism, to stop the looting,” Bass said at an evening news conference. “If you do not live or work in downtown LA, avoid the area. Law enforcement will arrest individuals who break the curfew and you will be prosecuted.”

Let me be clear: ANYONE who vandalized Downtown or looted stores does not care about our immigrant communities.

You will be held accountable.

— Mayor Karen Bass (@MayorOfLA) June 10, 2025

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“I think it is important to point this out, not to minimise the vandalism and violence that has taken place there, it has been significant, because it is extremely important to know that what is happening in this 1 square mile is not affecting the city,” Bass said.

“Some of the imagery of the protests and the violence gives the appearance that this is a city-wide crisis, and it is not.”

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