LA City Appeals Court Limits on LAPD Crowd Control Weapons

The city of Los Angeles has filed an appeal against a federal court order limiting the Los Angeles Police Department's use of crowd control weapons against journalists and nonviolent protesters. The appeal, filed on Tuesday, challenges U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera's temporary injunction that restricted LAPD's deployment of less-lethal munitions. The case will now proceed to the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, with a hearing tentatively scheduled for mid-November.