L.A. County Sets Later Curfew on Wednesday
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variety.comBy Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Los Angeles County has set a curfew of 9 p.m. on Wednesday, marking the fourth straight night on which the county’s 10 million residents will be under restriction.
The curfew is three hours later than the 6 p.m. curfew imposed for the last three days, in response to extensive looting and vandalism.
The curfew will lift at 5 a.m. on Thursday, one hour earlier than the previous curfews. The American Civil Liberties Union had protested on Tuesday that the curfews are unconstitutionally broad, restricting movement across the county in response to isolated lawlessness.
The curfews have also made peaceful demonstrators subject to mass arrest. On Monday, the LAPD reported it arrested 1,200 people.
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