The Los Angeles Police Department is likely violating state law by failing to publish its use of force reports from the No Kings protest in June.

The LAPD is likely defying state law AB48 by failing to publicly post their use of force report from the No Kings protest they responded to in June. The law requires police departments to publicly post their reports outlining the number of kinetic energy projectiles and chemical weapons used on people for crowd control within 90 days of the incident. Considering that the No Kings demonstration took place on June 14th, it is well past the law's 90-day deadline.

The anti-ICE protests during the first weekend in June brought thousands to the streets in downtown Los Angeles to protest ICE's initial raids throughout the city. The largest took place on June 8th in downtown Los Angeles, resulting in a massive showing of solidarity for the immigrant communities in LA.

It didn't take long before police cracked down on the gatherings. The Los Angeles Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department, and California Highway Patrol used excessive amounts of force to disperse the demonstrators from the 101 Freeway and the streets in downtown.

Some previous reporting here:

The LA Heat Can Melt ICE

A brief summary of the anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

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The police violence then carried into the following weekend at Saturday's No Kings protest outside City Hall in downtown LA. It was by all accounts a peaceful day. But it was around the time the protest's permit ended that the LAPD quickly moved in with mounted police and fired a flurry of less lethal munitions on the groups of people lingering in the streets.

It was two weekends of police violence that resulted in three departments deploying over 11,000 rounds of riot munitions, including tear gas and 40 mm rubber bullets on the demonstrators.

At anti-ICE demonstrations in June, CHP and LASD fired 9,600 munitions at protesters.

Recently published use of force reports outlines their gratuitous and forceful response during June’s anti-ICE demonstrations across Los Angeles.

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LAPD used 1,040 rounds of less lethals in a single protest

The LAPD’s numbers, combined with CHP and LASD’s use of force reports, bring the total number of less lethals used in June to more than 10,000.

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Police departments in California have 60 days from the time of the incident, plus an extra 30 days if needed, to release them to the public. All three departments posted their totals for the first week of protests within the law's 90-day window. The LASD supported the LAPD in crowd control at the No King's protest and had their use of force report up in time, while the LAPD's report remains outstanding.

There were multiple protests in between the two weekends that are also unreported by the department.

It's now up to city officials and the Board of Police Commissioners to ask when they can expect the LAPD to turn in their late homework.

I requested a comment from the LAPD about when to expect the reports but have not received an answer by the time of publication.

You can find other California police department AB48 reports on their websites or on the California Department of Justice's website.

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