HUGE. A fed judge in the BLM vs City of Los Angeles case has banned LAPD from using 40mm rubber bullets at protests. "Defendants have not demonstrated substantial compliance or that all reasonable steps have been taken to be in compliance with the Court’s Preliminary Injunction Order."

BREAKING: LAPD is banned from using 40mm launchers for crowd control. Filing here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...

Just now: A request for a ban on LAPD using 40mm “less lethal” kinetic impact rounds for crowd control as a result of a ruling by US District Judge Consuelo B Marshall. This came as a result of a contempt filing (also granted) regarding a case brought forth by Black Lives Matter LA in 2020.

To illustrate, 40mm are on left, tend to look like blue foam. 37mm on right, like smaller black donuts intended to be skip-fired off ground. Both can main, but again 40mm seems worse. More details on these and other police munitions in this visual field guide I made: docs.google.com/presentation...

BREAKING: Federal judge bans LAPD from using 40mm foam rounds for crowd control. Doesn't seem to cover other "less lethal" munitions (ex: 37mm, tear gas), but I suspect 40mm have done most harm. This is in BLM protest case. Different judge than LA Press Club case. drive.google.com/file/d/1YDD4...

To illustrate the state of life in America right now: Several journalists who were bleeding and needed stitches because of assaults by LAPD drove around to urgent care facilities only to find them closed, then wavered on going to emergency rooms because of high costs of treatment there.