Not just introduced, but passed it appears...

Not quite soon enough to prevent the Court scolding the City for filing a motion as an emergency ex parte motion that they could have filed weeks ago.

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A lot of folks in LA are rightly concerned about the federal administration's attacks on speech and the press. I think that makes it an especially important time to make sure our local leaders respect the First Amendment, too.

The order is expanded from the TRO. It recognizes that LAPD has violated state laws meant to protect journalists, expands protections to explicitly include batons--- and expressly orders LAPD to assign a supervisor of Lt. or above to every protest whose primary duty is compliance with the order.

Court recognizes that this is problem has persisted at LAPD for decades, right from the jump:

Full order is here: drive.google.com/file/d/1wlkK...

Interested if @jacklerner.bsky.social has any take on this, particularly in this context where it's not just economic damages but use for a political purpose you disagree with

I'm proud to represent LA Press Club in this case, too, along with NewsGuild-CWA and dedicated journalists who risk personal harm to keep the public informed and protestors making their voices heard on the terrorizing ICE raids.

@lapressclub.bsky.social
@newsguild.org

This is the second case I’ve worked on arising out of these protests, and it's been great to work with ACLU SoCal, Carol Sobel and Paul Hoffman, and a fantastic team at BraunHageyBorden.

@aclusocal.bsky.social

Officers also misused crowd control weapons, like repeatedly shooting tear gas canisters so that they hit protestors and journalists, as happened to @acatwithnews.bsky.social

(Not-so-fun fact: direct impact from canisters is the leading cause of death from tear gas.)

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DHS officers’ misuse of force has been astonishing. Federal officers repeatedly used rubber bullets, tear gas and pepperballs against journalists and protestors who posed no threat, including shooting pepperballs directly at journalists. From @shoton35mm.bsky.social.

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I’m also hanging my own (metaphorical) shingle in LA to do work on policing, public records, 1st Amendment. I’m excited for this chapter, and today’s filing is a great start.

I’m joining Julia Yoo and Gene Iredale at their practice in San Diego. They’re brilliant lawyers, fierce fighters, and wonderful colleagues, and I’m thrilled at the chance to work with them.

iredalelaw.com

Also very excited to work with the amazing
@adjoro.bsky.social whose tireless advocacy and work documenting attacks on & violations of journalists' rights drove the legislation on which it is based.

I’m thrilled to be back litigating and working on this with Carol Sobel, Paul Hoffman, @facoalition.bsky.social and @davidloy.bsky.social, @susanseager.bsky.social and Weston Rowland

LAPD has a decades-long history of assaulting press who cover demonstrations (like their clearing of MacAurthur Park on May Day 2007), professing reform, then doing it again. It has to end.
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