Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti (D) had previously said the city's curfew would be lifted Thursday if the city did not see widespread disturbances Wednesday night, according to the Times.
UPDATE (6/4): Los Angeles County has no plans to impose a curfew tonight, though cities within the county may enforce their own. More In addition, Garcetti has requested that the National Guard be sent in.The curfew has been expanded to the entire city to keep Angelenos safe.
The news follows three days of protests, including one in DTLA on Friday night that resulted in 533 arrests after an unlawful assembly was declared and vehicles were damaged and businesses vandalized. — Los Angeles County (@CountyofLA) June 2, 2020 Culver City now has followed suit and imposed a 4 p.m. curfew today for a second consecutive day.
Déjà vu! “We cannot protect our ability to protect life when we see fires set in dense urban areas… I’m asking all of Los Angeles to take a deep breath and to step back for a moment, to allow our firefighters to put out the flames, to allow our peace officers to reestablish some order and for us to let them protect your rights to be out there for as many days as we need to, for as many protests as we have to until change isn’t just something that’s a slogan, but change is in the actions we see across this country so that not one more person has to die with a knee in their neck.”
The curfew announcements come after an afternoon of growing protests. I was holding my press badge above my head. Click for details. Reports on social media also indicate that police may have fired rubber bullets at protesters and bystanders.Thanks for subscribing! People in the City of Los Angeles are required to stay indoors tonight, starting at 8 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Sunday morning.The announcement comes in the midst of protests around the city in response to the death of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis who died after a white police officer forcefully knelt on his neck (the officer has since been charged with murder).In addition to L.A., the City of West Hollywood announced that it will also enforce an 8pm curfew on Saturday night until sunrise.Beverly Hills announced it will be enforcing a curfew from 8pm to 5:30am, as well, along with Curfew in effect 8:00PM tonight to 5:30AM tomorrow in Beverly Hills. Here’s the latest on the curfews in place around Los Angeles By
In an attempt to get the situation back under control, the Major of Los Angeles Eric Garcetti has decided to order a curfew for its residents from 6 p.m. until 5:30 a.m. on Tuesday. Get us in your inbox
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Thank you! Stay out of downtown Santa Monica. All I-10 and PCH off-ramps into Santa Monica now closed through CHP. Though initially announced for just Downtown L.A., the curfew was later expanded to the entire city in response to a growing number of protests.
Déjà vu! Similarly, there’ve also been reports of attempted looting and vandalism along Rodeo Drive and at the Grove.LAPD just shot me and protestors gathered at Beverly & Fairfax with rubber bullets.
Get us in your inbox Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon! Time Out is a registered trademark of Time Out America LLC.Thanks for subscribing! Emergency responders are exempt, as are people traveling to and from work or seeking or giving emergency care. In addition, Santa Monica has issued notice of a curfew from 4pm Sunday to 5:30am on Monday. All of Los Angeles County has been under curfew since Saturday but seeing as the violence and looting continues, it has been extended to Monday and could be extended throughout this week. In Los Angeles, the curfew is the harshest since the riots in 1992. Déjà vu!
On the east coast, New York City has enacted the strictest curfew since the race riots of 1943. A Fairfax District demonstration started peacefully at Pan Pacific Park around noon, but grew increasingly tense, with altercations between protesters and cops as well as LAPD squad cars burning in the middle of the street. Try another? Look out for your first newsletter in your inbox soon!What you need to know about orders to stay home from cities around L.A."There will be no countywide curfew in the County of L.A. today," County Supervisor Janice Hahn In a Wednesday evening address, Mayor Garcetti said “Tomorrow, barring a bad night from tonight, the curfew will be lifted in the City of Los Angeles.”Previously, Mayor Garcetti announced that Los Angeles will once again be under curfew on Sunday night, from 8pm to 5:30am on Monday morning.
A peaceful protest stepped off in Santa Monica earlier on Sunday; however, isolated instances of looting were visible later in the afternoon, around the time of the announcement.“We cannot fulfill our duty to protect life when people are looting,” Garcetti said earlier in the day, after offering remarks about the horror of Floyd’s death.