Police faces protesters in Santa Monica on Sunday. Police Chief Cynthia Renaud says more than 400 arrests Sunday. The Santa Monica Place shopping center was hit, as were several businesses on 4th Street and elsewhere. as civil unrest engulfed the city and looting happened nearby. Police used teargas and fired rubber bullets at protesters near the pier around 4:30 p.m. Santa Monica was the scene of large peaceful protests along with widespread vandalism and looting on Sunday. It’s unfortunate that the message of the peaceful protesters has been diminished by criminal behavior.” Several stores, buildings and public art pieces were damaged. Sadly, there were multiple incidents of vandalism. “Thousands of protesters marched through our streets to call attention to the devastating circumstances surrounding the death of Minneapolis resident George Floyd. “This has been a difficult weekend in our city” Beverly Hills Mayor Lester Friedman said in a robocall sent to residents Sunday night. Protesters and agitators targeted Rodeo Drive on Saturday as the famed tony street trended on Twitter and people were encouraged to go there to protest the killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Looters and vandals target the Rodeo Drive Alexander McQueen store on Saturday. No word yet as to whether Mayor Eric Garcetti will issue a curfew for Los Angeles today, but one is expected. Some looting was reported there Sunday, but it was not nearly as widespread. The curfew in nearby Culver City, home of Sony, Amazon Studios and other entertainment companies, will begin at 4 p.m. Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus service will be suspended at noon today until at least Tuesday morning. Beverly Hills also extended its curfew through Tuesday, noting that it “prohibits anyone from being upon public streets, alleys, parks or any public place.” for the business districts and go citywide at 4 p.m. In both Westside cities, the curfews kick at 1 p.m. PREVIOUSLY, 10:15 AM: After a wild weekend of protests and looting, the cities of Beverly Hills and Santa Monica will start going under curfew at 1 p.m. The local entertainment industry hubs of Culver City, Burbank also will be under curfew tonight, as will Glendale. County cities Santa Monica and Beverly Hills said they too would have another night of lockdown. The announcement that America’s second-largest city will go into curfew again comes just hours after L.A. “We are keeping the curfew in place tonight to protect everyone’s safety and help our first responders keep the peace.” “The focus needs to stay on taking down systemic racism and ending senseless violence against Black men and women - and we can’t let a small number of people hijack that movement by putting lives in danger and destroying property,” Garcetti said Monday, not long after getting off a remote roundtable with former Vice President Joe Biden and the mayors of Chicago, Atlanta and St. National Guard troops have been deployed throughout the city, but primary enforcement still is in the hands of the LAPD. Joe Biden & LA Mayor Eric Garcetti Condemn Donald Trump's Reactions To George Floyd Death Protests & COVID-19 Crisisīoth curfews are set to start at 6 p.m.
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