LA Protests: Police Enforce Swift Nighttime Curfew, Arrest Violators

Action taken to control vandalism and looting amid widespread stir; at least 25 arrested

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LOS ANGELES police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown. Police arrested at least 25 people for violating the curfew.

Heavily armed security officers, including several riding horses, patrolled near government buildings, while men boarded up storefronts after dark on Tuesday.

Looting and vandalism in the second-biggest US city have marred the largely peaceful protests over ramped-up arrests by immigration authorities and officials said the curfew was necessary to stop vandalism and theft by agitators looking to cause trouble.

Overnight Monday, 23 businesses were looted, police said, adding that more than 500 people had been arrested over recent days.