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A source from the intelligence service said seven projectiles had been fired, while an AFP journalist in the area heard 10 explosions.

Councilmember Hugo Soto-Martínez, who represents District 13, is pushing for regulations that would prohibit the Los Angeles Police Department from using “kinetic energy projectiles” or “chemical agents” unless officers are threatened with physical violence.

That is squeezing defense companies, which use antimony to harden bullets and strengthen armor-penetrating projectiles.

While largely intercepted, his projectiles threatened oil facilities, his opponents’ main funding sources.

The Los Angeles Police Department said a 34-year-old man died after officers shot him with a hard foam projectile, then used additional force while arresting him.