Los Angeles, protests and Immigration raids
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LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Press Club and investigative reporting network Status Coup today sued the Los Angeles Police Department and its chief, alleging in federal court that reporters’ rights were violated by police while covering recent immigration raids and subsequent civil unrest.
After a calm night in downtown Los Angeles, Mayor Karen Bass is trimming the hours of a curfew. The curfew was imposed last week after days of protests and looting that followed President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
Overtime for police officers responding to the protests reached nearly $12 million, according to the city's top budget analyst.
Los Angeles has entered its second week of anti-ICE protests as President Trump has called for immigration agents to step up enforcement in LA and other Democrat-run cities.
President Donald Trump is thanking an appeals court for freezing an order that he return control of National Guard troops to California.
Tonight' host criticized the president for sending National Guard troops and Marines into Los Angeles: "Why would you send troops if there is nothing for them to do?"
In the shadow of immigration crackdowns and federal troops on the ground, shopkeepers and customers are scared away, leaving businesses devastated.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced that the nightly curfew will be extended for a few more days amid ongoing protests against immigration raids.