Police chief: More than 2,700 arrests in Los Angeles so far

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 2,700 people have been arrested since protests and violence began in Los Angeles in response to the death of George Floyd.

Chief Michel Moore told the city Police Commission on Tuesday that about 2,500 of those arrests were for failure to disperse or curfew violations.

The remainder were for crimes including burglary, looting, assaults on police officers and other violence, chief told the panel, which functions as the Police Department's civilian oversight board.

A huge new demonstration filled streets in the Hollywood area, with police and National Guard troops on scene.

Earlier, police officers took a knee with clergy-led demonstrators near the downtown police headquarters where speakers urged everyone to heed the call of Floyd's family for people to protest peacefully.

Other major cities including San Francisco and San Diego also were calm.

Los Angeles County, however, announced its 10 million residents would again be under curfew starting at 6 p.m. Other jurisdictions around the state also renewed curfews.

The full impact of curfews on the ability to police downtown Los Angeles and other areas of the city was evident by Sunday night, Moore said on Monday.

Violence and thefts on Monday were not on the scale of the weekend, when blocks of stores were devastated, police cars torched and officers injured.

In Sacramento, where two-thirds of downtown businesses were damaged over the weekend, 500 National Guard troops were deployed and the city imposed a Monday night curfew.

Most demonstrations were peaceful and sympathy was expressed by law enforcement. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco took a knee at the invitation of demonstrators.

“We support and will protect those who wish to demonstrate peacefully,” U.S. Attorney Nick Hanna in...