The Los Angeles City Council Friday urged City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto to withdraw an emergency motion her team filed that attempted to lift a federal judge’s order restricting Los Angeles Police Department officers from using crowd control weapons on journalists.

In a 12-0 vote, the City Council instructed the City Attorney to withdraw her request with the court. The Los Angeles Times reported that the city attorney’s legal team later complied, informing the court it was pulling back its request.

Council members Eunisses Hernandez, Hugo Soto-Martinez, Monica Rodriguez and Ysabel Jurado introduced the motion pursuant to Rule 23, allowing elected officials to act on an item not posted on its agenda for the meeting if it determines by a two-thirds vote that the need for such action w

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