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Lexis-Olivier Ray, an award-winning journalist for L.A. Taco, filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging Los Angeles officials have routinely interfered with his ability to properly document sweeps of homeless encampments.

A journalist for the website L.A. Taco filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Los Angeles Police Department on Thursday, alleging officers have repeatedly interfered with his constitutional right to document sweeps of homeless encampments throughout the city.

Lexis-Olivier Ray said officers and city sanitation employees have wrongfully threatened him with arrest — and in one instance actually placed him in handcuffs — as he tried to report on encampm

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