Journalist shot with rubber bullet while covering Los Angeles protests

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British photographer also injured as police used crowd-control rounds during escalating demonstrations over ICE immigration raids

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An Australian television journalist was hit by a rubber bullet while covering the protests over immigration raids in Los Angeles, with a British photographer also injured as police used crowd-control rounds.

Lauren Tomasi, US correspondent for Nine News, was reporting outside the Metropolitan Detention Centre in downtown LA when a rubber bullet struck her as officers began dispersing protesters.