Media groups sue LA County Sheriff’s Department, say journalists were injured covering protests

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Press Club and two news organizations sued Los Angeles County in federal court Wednesday, alleging the Sheriff’s Department has targeted media members with non-lethal but dangerous munitions and engaged in excessive force against its members who have covered recent protests — a similar suit was filed earlier in the week against the city’s police department.

“These journalists were not engaged in protest or unlawful activity and were exercising their First Amendment...