City mayor Karen Bass said the curfew would run from 8pm Tuesday to 6am Wednesday as it declared a local emergency. “We reached a tipping point,” Bass reported, after 23 companies were looted.
The curfew will be located in an area that covers just 2.5 square kilometres of downtown, including areas that have been raging protests since Friday. The city of Los Angeles includes approximately 2,295 square kilometers.
According to Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell, the curfew does not apply to residents living in designated areas, homeless people, qualified media or public safety and emergency staff.
McDonnell said “illegal and dangerous behavior” had escalated since Saturday, prompting the need to impose a curfew.
“Curors are necessary measures to protect and protect property over several consecutive days of growing across the city,” McDonnell said.
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