A federal judge in Los Angeles imposed sweeping restrictions barring federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security from using crowd-control weapons against journalists.

U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera issued a preliminary injunction Wednesday night after determining that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection and the Federal Protective Service - all part of DHS - retaliated against journalists covering protests that broke out earlier this summer about the Trump administration’s immigration raids in Southern California.

Vera found that DHS agents fired tear gas and other less-lethal rounds - such as rubber bullets and pepper balls - at people who were clearly marked as journalists. The judge noted that plaintiffs brought at least 50 cr

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