Tourists share their impressions of Los Angeles during a week of protests
This week's protests have been concentrated in a few blocks of downtown Los Angeles near City Hall and a federal detention center just south of the 101 Freeway.
Donna Russell is visiting from Oklahoma. "I knew by the news it was centralized, so I knew we'd be safe when we went," said Russell.
Up at Griffith Observatory, one of the city's jewels high above bustling Los Angeles, visitors like Karin Brocades took in a view Friday that helps illustrate the city's vast size.
"Well, we haven't been here that long, but what we've see so far is very good, very safe, very nice," Brocades said.
Matthias Meiberg, visiting from Austria, made the trip downtown and saw signs of this week's protests and violence.
"We've been to downtown, and we felt quite unsafe to be honest," Meiberg said. "But everything else is super safe. The police are amazing here and, actually, we have felt super safe in other areas."
Police credit in part a nightly curfew, which first was declared Tuesday night, for the decrease in crimes since Monday night when there were reports of vandalism and looting at about two dozen businesses in the downtown area.
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