LOS ANGELES — Cleanup efforts were underway June 1 in the Fairfax District, Santa Monica, Long Beach and other areas following a dramatic weekend that saw brazen looting and vandalism amid multiple protests against police brutality.
A countywide curfew was imposed May 31 in Los Angeles from 6 p.m to 6 a.m. after violence and looting broke out in Santa Monica, Long Beach and other areas.
In Long Beach, several thousand people took part in a protest that started at 3 p.m. May 31 at Long Beach Police Headquarters and marched through the downtown area.
The Long Beach police force was supplemented by mutual aid from area cities and the sheriff’s department and was expecting National Guard troops, officials said.
Roughly 1,000 National Guard personnel were deployed to the area over the weekend after Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency May 30 for all of Los Angeles County.
