Bass declares local emergency, institutes curfew in downtown Los Angeles

The fifth day of anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles has already resulted in demonstrators being ordered by police to disperse, dozens of arrests, and a curfew covering a one-square mile where the majority of violence and vandalism has broken out.

Just after 2 p.m., the Los Angeles Police Department ruled a protest outside the downtown Federal Building an “unlawful assembly” and ordered protesters to disperse.

Those same protesters eventually spilled out onto the 101 Freeway as California Highway Patrol officers attempted to clear the roadway.

Hours later, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass held a joint press conference with other city leaders to announce that a local emergency had been declared, and that a curfew would be put in place overnight until 6 a.m. Wednesday.

The portion of the city under curfew is the triangular area between the 110, 10 and 5 freeways, including Skid Row, Little Tokyo, the Fashion District and Chinatown.

Gov. Gavin Newsom held his own address to the state shortly after the completion of the L.A. news conference, in which he decried the behavior of President Donald Trump, who he accused of fanning the flames of civil unrest by mobilizing troops into the city center without the request or approval of Bass or himself.

Newsom has attempted to stop the Trump Administration from unilaterally mobilizing at his whim, an effort that hit a roadblock after a federal judge rejected his emergency motion to stop the deployment.

KTLA 5 News will bring continuing coverage of these anti-ICE protests throughout the evening and through the remainder of the week, as needed.