The Los Angeles Police Department moved swiftly on Wednesday night to quell disorder stemming from anti-deportation protests, charging crowds on horses and firing “less lethal” munitions to clear protesters.

With a curfew again imposed on downtown L.A. on Wednesday, several local businesses are closing earlier, canceling events — or not changing plans at all.

The curfew was ordered as Mayor Bass declared that nights of protests that had sometimes dissolved into vandalism and looting had reached a “tipping point.”

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said that an overnight curfew for downtown neighborhoods will remain in effect indefinitely.

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The curfew was instated on Tuesday after days of protests against a string of immigration enforcement operations throughout Southern California. Bass said the curfew will be enacted daily until it's no longer deemed necessary.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles police swiftly enforced a downtown curfew, making arrests moments after it took effect, while deploying officers on horseback and using crowd control projectiles to break up a group of hundreds demonstrating against President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.

California Governor Gavin Newsom blasts the federal government's response to anti-immigration raid protests as "purposefully inflammatory".

The curfew extends to sections of downtown Los Angeles where protests have turned into instances of vandalism and looting.