Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced the curfew on Tuesday. It encompasses a one-mile area of the city and is in effect from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. PT.

Mayor Karen Bass has imposed a curfew on parts of downtown Los Angeles after several days of protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids, some of which turned violent. Newsweek contacted Bass for comment on Wednesday via telephone and voicemail message outside regular office hours.

After four nights of rioting and destruction, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass instituted a downtown curfew on Tuesday, leading to relative peace over the past three nights. With the curfew a demonstrated success,