Los Angeles: Prohibition of traffic in the city center – Demonstrations continue
Its mayor Los AngelesCaren Bas, announced a ban on a part of Los Angeles while demonstrations against his anti -immigration policy Trump They continue.
The traffic ban applies to a 2.6 -square -mile section in the city center and will be valid from 20:00 on Tuesday night to 6am on Wednesday (local time), Bas said on Tuesday.
« Many businesses have now been influenced or vandalized. Last night, 23 companies were looted and I think if you cross the center of Los Angeles, graffiti is everywhere and have caused significant damage to businesses and many properties, « BAS said at a press conference.
« So my message to you is: If you do not live or do not work in downtown Los Angeles, avoid the area. Police will arrest people who violate traffic ban and you will be prosecuted. «
BAS said that it expects the ban on traffic to remain in force for several days, but stressed that the mandate applies only to a small part of the city.
Mass arrests
« I think it’s important to point out this, not to downgrade the vandalism and violence that took place there – they were important – but because it is extremely important to know that what is happening at this point affects the city, » Bas said.
« Some of the images of demonstrations and violence give the impression that it is a crisis throughout the city, and it is not so, » he added.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced late on Tuesday that « mass arrests are being made », as various protest groups continue to concentrate in the area despite the traffic ban.
The decision of the Mayor of Los Angeles came as the demonstrations continue for sixth night in the area and as they spread to dozens of other US cities, such as New York, Chicago and Atlanta.
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‘Foreign invasion’ characterizes the facts Trump
Donald Trump continues to escalate as he sent Los Angeles and 700 Marines after 4,000 troops, defying the opposition of local authorities. In a speech on a US military base yesterday Tuesday described the events in Los Angeles as « invasion of foreign enemies »
« What you see in California is a general attack on peace, public order and national sovereignty, which is carried out by rioters under foreign flags in order to continue the foreign invasion of our country, » Trump said.
In this speech in an extremely hard tone, the Republican billionaire described the demonstrators « animals » who « proudly carry the flags of other countries ».
« Generations of army heroes did not shed their blood on distant shores to see our country destroyed by invasion and third -world lawlessness here, as in California. As commander -in -chief, I will not let that happen. It is never going to happen, « he said.
In a profession to the Californians on Tuesday night, the Governor of the State Gavin Newsom denounced the use of Military Violence by Trump as a « brutal abuse of power » and accused him of seeking to impose dictatorship.
Newsom, who has filed a lawsuit against troops, said the president had launched a military attack aimed at « lambs, gardeners and dressmakers » instead of violent criminals.
In a report by Los Angeles, Al Jazeeera’s Teresa said that protesters reject the characterization of the Trump government that raids are aimed at violent criminals.
« Many of the people we talked to here say are working people who came to this country to find a better life, » Bo said.
« That’s why most of the people here are extremely angry and demand that Trump’s raids stop. »
The activists with whom the journalist spoke also stressed the need to remain peaceful.
« This is something we hear over and over again, » he said.
