Judge Bars LAPD From Using Nonlethal Weapons on Reporters

Judge Issues Temporary Restraining Order Against LAPD from Targeting Journalists at Protests

Following allegations of journalists being shot by non-lethal munitions while covering recent anti-deportation protests, a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order barring Los Angeles Police Department officers from firing on working reporters or preventing them from accessing protest areas. In a 14-page ruling issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera noted that “the press’ access to law enforcement actions during mass prot…

Judge: LAPD Can't Remove Journalists at Protests

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.

Federal judge orders LAPD to stop shooting journalists with rubber bullets at protests

A federal judge has granted a temporary restraining order that blocks Los Angeles police officers from using rubber projectiles and other so-called less-lethal munitions against reporters covering protests against the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.

Judge orders LAPD not to use force on journalists covering protests

The ruling comes nearly a month after the Los Angeles Press Club and Status Coup sued LAPD and Chief Jim McDonnell, alleging rights violations during the June protests.

Judge bars LAPD from using nonlethal weapons on reporters

A federal judge took the Los Angeles Police Department to task this week, approving a restraining order preventing officers from using nonlethal weapons against journalists. The Los Angeles Press Club was granted a two-week restraining order against the 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 no…

CPJ Calls for Release of Journalist Mario Guevara

The Committee to Protect Journalists has called for the release of a prominent Spanish-language journalist in Georgia who is facing possible deportation after being arrested while covering “No Kings” protests in June. Mario Guevara is originally from El Salvador and was live-streaming the demonstration when he was taken into custody. The Trump administration is ignoring a court ruling that ordered Guevara be released on bail. Guevara has lived i…