Posted on 07/11/2025 5:48:06 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
A federal judge ruled Los Angeles police cannot force journalists out of protest areas or use nonlethal weapons against them after reporters alleged officers targeted them during anti-ICE demonstrations last month.
U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera granted the Los Angeles Press Club's request for a 14-day restraining order against the city's police department after the group said it documented dozens of incidents in which officers forced reporters away from public spaces where protests were taking place, hit them with rubber bullets and nonlethal weapons and exposed them to tear gas.
Vera's ruling is an emergency order giving the court more time to consider whether to grant a longer-term block. It prohibits Los Angeles police from keeping journalists out of closed areas, assaulting or obstructing those in the process of news gathering, arresting those in closed areas and using nonlethal weapons against reporters.
"When journalists persisted in documenting the protests, it appears from the evidence presented that they faced an onslaught of projectiles and other shows of physical force," Vera's ruling said. "On some occasions, LAPD officers purportedly targeted individuals who were clearly identifiable as members of the press."
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Im fine with live rounds.
Hernán D. Vera is a Biden stooge who succeeded the Clinton stooge who pretended she knew copyright law in the case by the Gaslight Media organs against Free Republic.
And police are supposed to have some gift of knowing on the spot, who is a journalist?
Lethal is ...sounds good to me.
Boy was that headline out of context.
My first understanding was
Really? Only bullets?!!
They do that already
OK, then lethal weapons it is!
Liquid Ass dispensers…”Judge, we’re just trying to make the skunks feel welcome.”
Hogwash!
Lethal is good though.
water cannons work even better mounted on a septic truck than a fire truck...
The antifa lieutenants with a press patch on their hat/vest ?
They aren't journalists they are shock troop terrorist domestic enemies.
That’s what she deserves for observing.
Hernán ....: Your terms are accepted. Lethal Weapons it is.
She turned around too suddenly and the cop feared for his life! Like they always do.
So use lethal weapons then.
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“or use nonlethal weapons”
Most excellent. I assume this means a Remington 700 sniper rifle is okay. I would suggest a 300 Win Mag.
During the last great Antifa riots, some leftist had created an online platform that you could submit your Antifa videos to, and he’d label you as a reporter for his website and as such, you’re PRESS. That’s what will happen here. TOMORROW, every one of these cockroaches will be “PRESS”.
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