Where are the protests in LA, and what’s happened?

The protests have been limited to certain areas of the city:

  • Downtown LA has been declared an “unlawful assembly” area by police, and the mayor has imposed an overnight curfew in a zone that extends to about one square kilometre after days of clashes
  • In this area, protesters have been accused of attacking or looting buildings, setting cars on fire and blocking roads. Law enforcement officers in riot gear have responded with flash-bang grenades, rubber bullets and other non-lethal tactics
  • The downtown Federal Building has been a particular flashpoint after it emerged that ICE detainees were allegedly being held there. ICE accused “over 1,000 rioters” of surrounding and attacking the building on Saturday
  • A Home Depot shop in Paramount, roughly 20 miles (32 km) south of downtown LA, has been another site of confrontation between authorities and protesters
  • Across the city, at least 338 people have been arrested since Friday, according to the latest figures provided by the city’s police chief, Jim McDonnell, on Tuesday evening
  • There have been no deaths reported in the city linked to the protests

Elsewhere in America’s second-largest city, life continues as normal.

Which other US cities are protesting?

Several others places have joined LA.

  • On Tuesday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott – who is a Republican like Trump – ordered the state’s National Guard to deploy to San Antonio, ahead of planned rallies. Police also confronted protesters in Austin and Dallas
  • Thousands of protestors gathered in New York on Tuesday, where police told the BBC that “multiple” arrests had been made at the largely peaceful demos
  • And elsewhere in California, thousands of people have protested in San Francisco – with more than 150 arrested after a demonstration near an ICE office turned violent on Sunday
  • Other flashpoints include Atlanta, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington DC

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