A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring Los Angeles police from using nonlethal weapons against journalists or otherwise detaining or removing them from protest areas in the course of doing their job covering the events.
U.S. District Judge Hernan D. Vera issued the 14-day order on Thursday, handing a win to the Los Angeles Press Club, which filed a lawsuit against the city and the Los Angeles Police Department over its actions toward journalists covering last month’s anti-ICE riots.
Vera scheduled the next hearing for July 24.
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