Civil Rights,
Civil Litigation
Dec. 9, 2025
LA fails to undo court limits on LAPD's less-lethal launchers
A federal judge refused to dissolve an injunction governing LAPD's crowd-control weapons, saying the city's challenge to plaintiffs' standing must wait while appellate proceedings and renewed class certification efforts continue.
A bid by the City of Los Angeles to dissolve a court injunction banning the use of certain types of less-lethal weapons by law enforcement failed Monday in a case involving both the 2020 George Floyd protests and the 2025 anti-ICE demonstrations.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall rejected the city's argument that some of the plaintiffs lacked standing because they weren't likely to suffer injuries similar to those they incurred during the 2020 protests again, noting...
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