LA Judge Looks to Chicago as DHS Asks for Protest Case Dismissal

A Los Angeles federal judge who previously ordered federal agents to stop injuring journalists at protests said he’s considering recent reports of excessive force in Chicago as he weighs whether the plaintiffs still have standing to continue their case.

Judge Hernan D. Vera in the US District Court for the Central District of California was responding to an argument from a lawyer for the Department of Homeland Security that protests are occurring less frequently in LA, and that reporters don’t have reason to worry agents will shoot them with rubber bullets or hit with batons in the future.

Vera issued ...