Photojournalists sue LAPD, L.A. County Sheriff over alleged abuses at protests

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Two photojournalists have alleged in federal lawsuits that they were physically assaulted by law enforcement officers at recent L.A. area protests.

Two more reviews have found glaring problems with the Los Angeles Police Department’s handling of last summer’s mass protests against police brutality.

The department is being sued by a raft of protesters alleging physical abuses with projectile weapons, and a federal judge is considering a request for an injunction on the weapons as part of a class-action claim against the LAPD brought by Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and other advocacy groups and demonstrators.In a separate lawsuit also filed this week, Nasser Baker, a photojournalist for OnScene.TV, alleges he was “physically pushed, struck, and threatened” by L.A.

 

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