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,

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.