By Shawn Raymundo
A curfew beginning at 9 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 24, will be imposed to certain areas of San Clemente following a day of protest over the death of 42-year-old Kurt Andras Reinhold, a Black man who was shot by deputies during an altercation on Wednesday, Sept. 23.
The curfew, to be imposed at 9 p.m. and lifted at 6 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, will cover San Clemente’s downtown and Pier Bowl corridors, as well as along El Camino Real in both the north and south parts of town.
City officials confirmed that businesses within the curfew areas will need to close at 9 p.m.
The council voted 3-1 in favor of declaring a local emergency and setting the curfew as another protest was initially planned for Thursday night outside of the old city hall building on Avenida Presidio.
Based on social media posts from the organizers of the protest, the planned demonstration appears to have been canceled as of late Thursday afternoon.
Acting City Manager Erik Sund explained to the council that the curfew’s primary focus was to “protect and provide safety to the businesses in the community in the event of any types of issues that come up, making it difficult to protect the community.”
The council voted to also convene another special meeting at 5:30 p.m. on Friday to “asses the need for need for safety and security,” and determine whether the curfew should continue into the weekend.
Dozens Thursday morning had gathered at the shuttered Pipe’s Café, on El Camino Real, to protest against the death of 42-year-old Kurt Andras Reinhold who was shot by an Orange County Sheriff’s Department deputy outside the Hotel Miramar during an altercation.
Authorities have stated that based on surveillance and cell phone footage, Reinhold attempted to gain control of a deputy’s firearm during the scuffle. OCSD has not yet explained why Reinhold was stopped by two deputies who were part of the department’s homeless outreach unit.
Shawn Raymundo
Shawn Raymundo is the city editor for the San Clemente Times. He graduated from Arizona State University with a bachelor’s degree in Global Studies. Before joining Picket Fence Media, he worked as the government accountability reporter for the Pacific Daily News in the U.S. territory of Guam. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnzyTsunami and follow San Clemente Times @SCTimesNews.
Curfews are ineffective and will only hurt businesses. And it will draw more people here
Who voted against the curfew?
BLM & Antifa are terrorists that don’t give a rip about black lives.
Amen
Most of the people photographed protesting in San Clemente yesterday looked like they have never been to Watts or Echo Park 1 time in their life… Probably never North of Laguna 1 time on their life…..
I just spent 8 hours in Echo Park….. Didn’t see any protestors there just gang bangers
Lived here 35 years and didn’t know businesses in the affected area stayed open past 9 pm anyway. Who grabs a deputy’s weapon and doesn’t expect to be to possibly shot?
A very troubled person
When someone in Law Enforcement asked you to stop…. You do not try to engage in an assault or as you mentioned, attempt to touch any part of their gun belt area.
That incident when all is said and done will be a “justified” and legal use of lethal force. Any person of “any color” would have the same result for grabbing the sidearm of a Peace Officer.