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UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 8:55 pm PT Reply(1) MAY 30: An LAPD officer holds a nonlethal weapon during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd on May 30, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images) LOS ANGELES, CA — The City Council this week requested a report from the Los Angeles Police Department on officers' detention of journalists during March demonstrations in Echo Park and the department's broader conduct toward journalists. "The right of a free press to cover demonstrations, political protest and police activity is essential to a functioning democracy and...

JENNER plane talk — BIDEN to HIGH-SPEED RAIL rescue? — FAULCONER to NUNES event — PETA vs. COX Presented by Charge Ahead Coalition THE BUZZ: Is personal wealth a political turnoff? The moment that many people will remember from Republican gubernatorial candidate Caitlyn Jenner’s Wednesday debut was Jenner’s anecdote about a hangar-mate fleeing for Arizona. The point was intended to illustrate how a spiraling homelessness crisis has driven Californians away, but allies of Gov. Gavin Newsom exulted in what they saw as a foot-in-mouth moment. Not many voters can relate to conversations...

Print Two photojournalists have alleged in separate federal lawsuits this week that they were harassed and physically assaulted by law enforcement officers at protests in the Los Angeles area. The lawsuits come amid heightened tensions between local police and the media after a year in which reporters and photographers have repeatedly alleged abuses by officers — including verbal harassment, physical assaults and baseless detentions and arrests — as they’ve sought to cover street demonstrations. Nicholas Stern, a freelance news photographer, alleged he was repeatedly struck with a baton...

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By City News Service Apr 21, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The ACLU of Southern California warned Southern California police agencies today that it will closely monitor how law enforcement treats media at protests, following instances in which reporters were detained, arrested or harassed. The warning came one day after a coalition of journalism groups sent a letter to Los Angeles law enforcement agencies and government leaders, demanding that media be given appropriate access to cover public protests and not be arrested while working in areas where dispersal orders have been issued. “The publ...