By City News Service
Apr 23, 2021
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The city of Los Angeles today requested that a judge modify her order restricting the Los Angeles Police Department s use of projectile launchers that are deemed “less lethal ahead of anticipated May Day protests.
The order comes after Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles filed a request for a temporary restraining order against the LAPD in light of a March 25 protest in Echo Park and a March 13 demonstration in Hollywood in which police and protesters clashed and a member of the press was struck by a projectile and knocked out, suffering a concussion, according to court documents.
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Los Angeles Police Department headquarters in downtown LA. (Courthouse News photo / Nathan Solis)
LOS ANGELES (CN) A federal judge on Monday ordered the Los Angeles Police Department not to fire their “less lethal” weapons at protesters in close range and said officers cannot use the weapons indiscriminately.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall’s ruling comes as the United States braces for a verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial for the death of George Floyd. Police agencies across the country have asked for calm, though Floyd’s death sparked a nationwide movement that resulted in violent clashes between heavily armed police officers and protesters.
Netflix Beats Libel Claims from Panama Papers Law Firm
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Netflix s The Laundromat
A judge gives the streamer a First Amendment win with the conclusion that The Laundromat doesn t defame Mossack Fonseca.
Netflix has scored a First Amendment victory against a law firm that advises the rich and powerful throughout the world. On Wednesday, a California federal judge granted the streamer s motion to strike libels claims made by the law firm of Mossack Fonseca over
The Laundromat.
Mossack Fonseca is the Panama City firm that had millions of its client documents exposed back in 2016. The so-called Panama Papers shed light on international off-shore tax maneuvering, and many investigative journalists followed with exposes. That includes Jake Bernstein, who authored