She says the curfew protected stores, restaurants, businesses and residents from people engaging in vandalism and looting.

Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday lifted the downtown Los Angeles curfew that has been in place for one week, as protests, violence and vandalism in the neighborhood have ebbed following a wave of high-profile federal immigration raids.

Despite the downtown Los Angeles curfew lifted, LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell says his agency will maintain a "strong presence" in order to "uphold the right to lawful assembly