Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti imposed a city-wide curfew after looting and vandalism in the city worsened amid protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom has declared a state of emergency for L.A. County and sent the National Guard to help quell violence in Los Angeles amid protests over the death of George Floyd. "California approved the city and county's request to deploy members of the National Guard to assist Los Angeles and neighboring communities," Newsom's office said in a news release on Saturday night.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Saturday he had asked Newsom to send 500 to 700 members of the National Guard to help local law enforcement deal with the worsening looting and vandalism in the county's second-largest city. "The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles overnight to support our local response to maintain peace and safety on the streets of our city," Garcetti announced on Twitter on Saturday night. The California National Guard is being deployed to Los Angeles overnight to support our local response to maintain peace and safety on the streets of our city.Earlier on Saturday, Garcetti expanded a curfew, initially just for downtown Los Angeles, to the entire city from 8 p.m. on Saturday to 5:30 a.m. on Sunday. Those traveling between work, for medical purposes, or those who are emergency responders are exempt from the curfew, Garcetti said. 'No Excuse' is scrawled on a heart near an LAPD vehicle which was set alight during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.The announcement came after the Los Angeles Police Department declared an"unlawful assembly" in the Mid-Wilshire area."From Melrose to 6th St and La Cienega to La Brea. Residents should stay inside. Business should close. Those on the street are to leave the area immediately," the LAPD said in a tweet. People smashed windows, looted stores and set fires in Los Angeles on Saturday. A number of police cars were torched and officers used batons to move the crowd of protesters back and fired rubber bullets as they chanted"Black Lives Matter," the Associated Press reported.reported, vandalizing and taking goods from a number of stores including Nordstom, Sephora and the Apple store. A reporter and photographer for
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