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Lapd Protest Response Once Again Triggers Outrage Injuries Lawsuits

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Bridgette Covelli arrived near Los Angeles City Hall for the June 14 “No Kings Day” festivities to find what she described as a peaceful scene: people chanting, dancing, holding signs. No one was arguing with the police, as far as she could tell. Enforcement of the city’s curfew wouldn’t begin for hours. But seemingly out of nowhere, Covelli said, officers began to fire rubber bullets and launch smoke bombs into a nearby crowd, which had gathered to protest the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. Covelli, 23, grabbed an electric bike and turned up 3rd Street, where another line of police blocked parts of the roadway. Deciding to head home, she turned to leave and had made it about two blocks when she felt a shock of pain in her arm as she fell from the bike and crashed to...

In a daze, she realized she was bleeding after being struck by a hard-foam projectile shot by an unidentified LAPD officer. They kept firing even as she lay on the ground, she said. “No dispersal order. Nothing at all,” she said. “We were doing everything right. There was no aggression toward them.”

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Heinous, uncontrolled and violent. That's how one lawyer is describing the behavior of some Los Angeles police officers and deputies during the recent anti-ICE protests in SoCal. Several people, including journalists, were struck by less-lethal rounds, and now, several lawsuits are being filed. They claim they were unlawfully targeted by law enforcement with less-lethal rounds that left them seriously injured. When the protests broke out earlier this month, so did the rubber bullets. An Australian reporter wasn't the only journalist hit by less-lethal rounds.

Several others were struck, including journalist Ben Camacho. "You don't shoot reporters here," Camacho said. Camacho works for The Southlander, an investigative news cooperative, and said he was wearing his press credentials at a protest when sheriff's deputies targeted him. Truth matters. Community matters. Your support makes both possible.

LAist is one of the few places where news remains independent and free from political and corporate influence. Stand up for truth and for LAist. Make your year-end tax-deductible gift now. Members of the Los Angeles Police Department appear to have violated California law and a federal court order with their use of crowd control weapons during protests, civil rights attorneys told LAist. Two state laws passed in response to law enforcement actions during the 2020 George Floyd protests restrict the use of chemical agents and kinetic energy projectiles — crowd control weapons that include tear gas... The laws also forbid police from interfering with journalists covering protests.

The laws state that crowd dispersal weapons can only be used when there is a clear threat to officers or bystanders, not solely to disperse crowds. Their use is supposed to follow clear warnings from law enforcement officers, from multiple locations and in multiple languages when possible. A federal court order stemming from litigation after the 2020 protests imposes similar restrictions on LAPD. For the record:10:48 a.m. June 21, 2025: An earlier version of this article misspelled the last name of Raphael Mimoun as Mamoun. Bridgette Covelli arrived near Los Angeles City Hall for the June 14 "No Kings Day" festivities to find what she described as a peaceful scene: people chanting, dancing, holding signs.

No one was arguing with the police, as far as she could tell. Enforcement of the city's curfew wouldn't begin for hours. But seemingly out of nowhere, Covelli said, officers began to fire rubber bullets and launch smoke bombs into a nearby crowd, which had gathered to protest the Trump administration's aggressive immigration enforcement campaign. Covelli, 23, grabbed an electric bike and turned up 3rd Street, where another line of police blocked parts of the roadway. Deciding to head home, she turned to leave and had made it about two blocks when she felt a shock of pain in her arm as she fell from the bike and crashed to... In a daze, she realized she was bleeding after being struck by a hard-foam projectile shot by an unidentified LAPD officer.

They kept firing even as she lay on the ground, she said. For two weeks in June, protesters across L.A. made front-page news. In groups large and small, they showed up to oppose immigration raids, marched on the federal building downtown and rallied to cry out “no kings” in the United States. They faced a downtown curfew, an onslaught of insults from the president, dissension in their own ranks, violent or messy compatriots, and whack-a-mole attempts to try to keep up with the federal immigration enforcement... The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.

By continuing, you agree to our Terms of Service and our Privacy Policy. They also faced the Los Angeles Police Department. Several protesters, including those of anti-ICE and No Kings Day, allege the LAPD fired rubber bullets at them for no clear reason, causing serious injuries and long recovery times. Martin Santoyo said he was reaching down to grab a water bottle from his backpack when an LAPD officer shot a rubber bullet from just about two feet away from him, sending him to... Santoyo went into emergency surgery, where the doctors say his groin area is still badly damaged and that he should return within the next week so they can assess. “It sucks to sit down,” Santoyo told KTLA.

Amid the DTLA shutdown last week, several protesters are now coming forward alleging serious injuries inflicted by police, some saying they don’t know when they’ll be able to return to work. One protester, local filmmaker Marshall Woodruff, says a shot to the face blinded him in his right eye, and it’s unclear whether his vision can be restored. LOS ANGELES — Bridgette Covelli arrived near Los Angeles City Hall for the June 14 “No Kings Day” festivities to find what she described as a peaceful scene: people chanting, dancing, holding signs. No one was arguing with the police, ...... read full story Answer for your question of the article will be displayed here ...

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