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.