Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons during immigration ...

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They were developed during the civil rights movement to reduce harm, but their rampant use during anti-ICE protests has led ...

Welts, watery eyes, temporary blindness: Zoom in on crowd control tactics used against protesters ...

U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

Police have been banned from using a powerful, non-lethal weapon to control protests in an extraordinary federal court ...

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Arguing that the 1st Amendment "demands better," a federal judge barred federal agents from targeting reporters and nonviolent protesters with crowd control weapons. Lawyers for the city of Los ...

Video captured the moment a number of federal agents advanced on protesters, firing 'less-lethal' rounds and tear gas.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s own rulebook shows cops face tight limits — and scrutiny — when firing “non-lethal” ...