Overview

• Nine News correspondent Lauren Tomasi was struck in the leg by a rubber bullet fired by an LAPD officer while reporting live on protests, leaving her sore but otherwise unharmed.
• British photographer Nick Stern required emergency surgery after a 14 mm sponge bullet hit his thigh during clashes between protesters and police.
• President Trump sent about 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to enforce order following federal ICE raids, a move California Governor Gavin Newsom called purposefully inflammatory.
• The LAPD declared Downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly, deploying tear gas and less-lethal munitions and arresting more than 118 people in the past week.
• Australia’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and Greens Senator Sarah Hanson-Young condemned the shooting of journalists and demanded explanations to safeguard press freedom.