Violent protests in downtown Los Angeles over recent federal immigration enforcement operations have cost the city nearly $20 million so far, the city’s accountant announced on June 16.
Los Angeles City Controller Kenneth Mejia tallied up the latest costs related to the June protests and released a video explaining the numbers.
“The estimated preliminary cost so far through June 16 is $19.7 million,” Mejia said.
The demonstrations against U.S. Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Los Angeles started on June 6 and continued throughout the following week before diminishing on the 10th day.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass instituted a curfew in the downtown area last week to quell an outbreak of violence that resulted in the torching of Waymo cars, homemade explosives being launched at law enforcement, large-scale looting of shops and stores, and widespread graffiti….