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Mayor Karen Bass imposed an 8 p.m. curfew last night for downtown Los Angeles as

anti-ice protests continue in the city. She did so, quote, to stop the vandalism, stop the looting,

noting that 23 businesses were looted Monday night. She added,

Since Saturday, we have seen a concerning escalation in unlawful and dangerous behavior.

Meanwhile, in a televised address, California Governor Gavin Newsom condemned President

Trump's deployment of the military to quell the protests as an assault on democracy. A federal judge in California

has set a hearing for tomorrow afternoon on the state's request to restrict the federal

government's use of Marines and National Guard troops in the Los Angeles area, limiting them

only to protecting federal property. More protests are planned for today in Seattle, St. Louis,

Indianapolis, and other cities. Hundreds of people have been arrested in at least five cities

since last Friday. By Monday, organizers had scheduled demonstrations in nearly every major city.

Who's behind them? On one hand, exercising our First Amendment right to free speech is a basic American value.

From the Boston Tea Party to today, we have valued the right to protest peacefully against our leaders and others with whom we disagree.

On the other hand, demonstrations that degenerate into violence and break the law can obviously have no place in a civil society.

The problem is, both are happening in Los Angeles and other cities.

LAPD chief Jim McDonald drew a distinction between protesters and the masked anarchists,

he said, were seeking to exploit the state of unrest to vandalize property and attack

police. Quote, when I look at the people who are out there doing the violence, that's not the

people we see here in the day who are out there legitimately exercising their First Amendment

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