LA imposes overnight curfew for entire city

Sareen Habeshian, KTLA.com, 5/30/20, Updated 9:53 PM PDT; Editors, Wisdom Quarterly

Los Angeles imposes overnight curfew for entire city as protests continue over killing of George Floyd

Mayor Eric Garcetti announced that there is a curfew in place throughout the City of Los Angeles starting at 8:00 pm Saturday until 5:30 am Sunday as demonstrations, protests, riots, lootings, arsons, and unrest against the killing of George Floyd continue.

“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,” the mayor said, “and for us to let them protect your rights to be out there for as many days as we need to [for future protests].”

Previously, the curfew was only for the downtown L.A. (DTLA) area between the 110 Freeway on the west, Alameda on the east, the 10 Freeway on the south, and the 101 Freeway on the north. However, the mayor said hours later that he changed his mind and it would be extended to the entire city.

The curfew, which requires people within the city [and county] to stay indoors, is in place for one night and Mayor Garcetti said he hopes that will be enough. Those traveling to and from work and those seeking or giving emergency care are exempt [if they are the right race and class and police believe them], the mayor said. More