An American district court in California has given a temporary preventive order against the city of Los Angeles, and therefore the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has prevented a journalist from detaining a journalist from blocking, assaulting, dismissing or documenting the law enforcement.
The Los Angeles Press Club brought a case against the city of Los Angeles, citing several examples, where the police stopped a journalist from doing their jobs as protected by the first amendment of the US Constitution, or otherwise stopped a journalist.
“On June 9, 2025, photojournalist Michael Nigro took his place on the Temple Street Bridge, a pedestrian bridge Edward R. Roybaling Roybal Federal Building presents a scene of protests before the Federal Building. Although he was high above the protests below, he soon recognizes the leaf-thick sages (LLMS). Case reads filesSaying that the police was taking specific objectives in the Nigro, despite the fact that it was not in the protest, nor was it involved with it, but only documenting it.
“Later that day, he was shot in the head with LLM by an officer of the Los Angeles Police Department.”
The case against the city states that the experience was far from unique, and cited at least 35 other examples between June 6 and June 19, 2025, where LAPD killed journalists with LLMS, exposed them for gas, distanced them from public places, or other forms of physical force. Petpixel Was reported earlier That is the purpose of violence from law enforcement around the ice protests in Los Angeles in early June for journalists.
Despite the new security for the media passed by the California Legislature, LAPD authorities repeatedly ordered journalists to release the areas that they had closed, alleging legal complaints, and on June 8, LAPD officials organized a group of about 20 to 30 journalists from MSNBC, CNN, AP, and others, which were about 150 feet from this area ” When they left, they were threatening.
“When reporters documented the protests, it appears from the evidence presented that they faced projectilic and other physical force. On some occasions, LAPD officials reportedly targeted individuals who were clearly known as members of the press,” the case accuses.
The US district court agreed with the LA Press Club and gave a temporary preventive order against Los Angeles City and LAPD. In most states, journalists are protected the first amendment to the US Constitution, the state protecting the state’s freedom, and other statutory provisions. California is one of the strongest in which is going California Penal Code § 409.7The court today gave a temporary preventive order, which prevents LAPD from violating the provisions in the law:
If LAPD or any other law enforcement agency establishes a police line or a demonstration is locked in a march, protest, or rally, where individuals are engaged in activity that protected according to the first amendment to the United States Constitution, then connected to LAPD:
One. Prevent a journalist from entering or remaining in closed areas.
B. Intentionally attacking, interfering with any journalist, or interrupting any journalist who is collecting information for communication for the public, is receiving or processing
(Banning journalists in areas from which they do not have enough opportunity to inspect and report protests, including negotiations between police and protesters).
C. Citing, taking into custody, or arresting a journalist, who is in a closed area for a law enforcement officer’s failure, curfew violations, or failure for interruption. If Lapd detains someone or arrests him who claims to be a journalist, the person will be allowed to contact a supervisory officer or a supervisory officer of the Captain’s rank, until the circumstances are impossible to do so.
LAPD is also prevented from using LLMS and other mob control weapons (including gas and flash-bangs) against journalists who are not threatening the adjacent loss against the law enforcement officer or citizen. Additionally, when a person claiming to be a journalist is arrested, LAPD should “allow him to immediately contact a supervisory officer for challenging the captain’s rank or the purpose of challenging that detention.”
The ruling, Judge Hernan D. Vera biased with reporters, and determined that her “risk of future injury is away from speculative,” citing the announcements of nine journalists and citing documents of dozens of examples in the last month, “where LAPD officials shot LLM on journalists, exposed chemical agents, they were horsbacked, and void.”
Since the complaint was filed, the court also noted additional incidents, and highlighted the fact that journalists had intended to cover the protest, which is expected to continue widely. Judge Vera wrote, “It is enough to show the possibility of repeated confrontation as well as the continuous pattern of the opponents’ conduct -it is enough to show that the plaintiff has put the future injury at risk.”
Many events included direct targeting of journalists in retaliation for their first modern amendment expressive activities on public roads and pavements.
“The National Press Photographer Association (NPPA), appreciates brave journalists who risk their health and safety to report on these important events;” Despite taking an oath to maintain the constitution and all efforts that have gone to train journalists and public rights, have gone to try to train the authorities, they have been trying to train them till now, “LAPD and other laws Osterreicher says.
“Sadly, it will be taxpayers, who once again have to pay for these unconstitutional and unnecessary abuses,” they concluded.
This is a temporary preventive order, and an initial prohibitory hearing for July 24 is determined whether this order should be extended.
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