Los Angeles police have announced they are making mass arrests in the city’s downtown area, as people gathered in defiance of an overnight curfew imposed after days of protests against Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown and military deployment.
Late on Tuesday night local time, the LAPD wrote on X that “multiple groups” continued to congregate within the designated downtown curfew area. “Those groups are being addressed and mass arrests are being initiated,” it said.
The mayor, Karen Bass, had announced a 10-hour curfew for the area of downtown, where demonstrations against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) have continued. The curfew was to run from 8pm to 6am, Bass said.
Curfews are meant for children not for adults with constitutional rights and a free country. it’s just another tool they use to arrest more protesters.
Curfews staying at 8pm specifically fuck over the late night workers, too
It could also be said that this is to protect them against military forces while that is being worked out. Lesser of two evils and all that. Better to be arrested locally than shot :shrug:
Protestors are adults who understand and accept the risks.
People are going to die defending democracy. And the jackboots will most likely shoot first. We all know this.
War is coming, let’s stop pretending it’s not gonna happen.
Why would Americans need protection from American troops?