Judge Bars LAPD’s Use of Less-Lethal Foam Bullets on Protesters

U.S. District Court Judge Consuelo B. Marshall issued an order Thursday forcing LAPD officers to stop using 40mm foam projectiles against protesters.

ABC 7 noted the order is tied to a case filed by Black Lives Matter in 2020 and is the result of Marshall finding the LAPD in contempt of his 2021 ruling in that case.

Marshall indicated that “LAPD officers fired at protesters who did not pose an immediate threat, failed to issue warnings before firing, and struck protesters in restricted areas of the body.”

NBC 4 reported:

The order included a list of examples of misuse of the weapons, including one officer who fired it at a man who had his hands up at a protest, then shot the same man in the