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Federal court restrains LAPD use of less-lethal force against journalists

| Importance: 6/10

A federal judge issued a temporary restraining order on July 11, 2025, prohibiting LAPD from using less-lethal munitions, rubber bullets, and chemical agents against clearly identified journalists covering protests in Los Angeles. The order also bars police from forcibly removing journalists from …

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Dataminr Provides LAPD Real-Time Surveillance of Gaza War Protests, Expanding First Amendment Monitoring

| Importance: 8/10

Dataminr began providing the Los Angeles Police Department with real-time surveillance alerts about Gaza war protests just two days after Hamas’s October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, demonstrating the company’s ongoing role in monitoring constitutionally protected political speech despite …

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LAPD's Joint Regional Intelligence Center Begins Using Palantir for Surveillance

| Importance: 8/10

In 2009, the Joint Regional Intelligence Center (JRIC), Southern California’s multiagency, multidisciplinary fusion center, began using Palantir Technologies’ data analysis platform to connect and analyze Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and other intelligence data. This marked …

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