Los Angeles had its quietest nights in the week Tuesday as city curfews and calls for nonviolent resistance by faith leaders appeared to have protested at least one night against the Trump administration’s massive immigration attacks.
Mayor Karen Bass ordered a curfew to take effect from 8 a.m. to 6 a.m. in downtown Los Angeles, the city hall, mainly county crime courts, LAPD headquarters and federal buildings that were targeted by protests, resulting in hundreds of arrests and various property damage.
A spokeswoman said that as of 10 p.m., police reported that “at least 25 people were arrested for curfew violations, although that number is expected to grow.
Shortly before the curfew came into effect, Bass joined a series of faith leaders in the Great Park to call on Stern, but “non-violent” resistance to President Trump’s immigration sweeping.
Rabbi Sharon Brous said: “We will not obey our eyes in advance. We will not incite the flames of extremism. We will not deal with violence with violence.
Shortly before the curfew came into effect, the Great Park Group marched into the federal building on Los Angeles Street, traversing a few days of areas covered by broken glass, graffiti, graffiti and spent police ammunition. When faith leaders arrived and asked their team to knee and prayed on the steps of the building, DHS officials trained the clergy with pepper guns, and members of the National Guard nervously rioted the shield of the riot.
Law enforcement on Tuesday’s skirmishes on Temple and Los Angeles Street after curfew takes effect in downtown Los Angeles
(Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
“We see you wearing masks and don’t need them,” Pastor Eddie Anderson told officials and the Guards. “People gathered to remind you that there is a higher power. Reminder that in Los Angeles, everyone is free and no one is illegal.”
But while Johnson and the large group were able to cross the federal building without a doubt, the wail of the police sirens filled the bells in downtown Los Angeles, as the bell was almost immediately announced at 8 p.m., and a group of clergy said, praying and laying flowers at the feet of the California Highway Patrol.
“We’re going to be back here tomorrow. No one needs to shoot today,” Johnson told the crowd.
Los Angeles police quickly established a skirmish at the intersection of Temple and Los Angeles streets, where they faced about 150 people.
The officers gathered a group of cavalry officers who trampled on traffic and at least one protester knocked down one protester. Shortly afterwards, officers fired a deadly round in the direction of a man throwing glass bottles from an elevated pedestrian bridge, while another group of officers moved towards protesters in front of the federal building.
At around 8:40 p.m., law enforcement again announced an illegal conference on the ground and on helicopters. The high beams on the helicopter shone down on the crowd. Officers forced protesters to fire few blocks of Temple Street, occasionally opening fewer deadly ammunition and pushing people, but by then, the crowd had been reduced by less than two dozen.
