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U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called for an outright ban on the use of 40-millimeter less-lethal launchers for ...

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

A researcher talks about the risks of “less-lethal” weapons used against protesters.

LAPD Force Investigation Unit Reviewing Use of Batons, Less Lethal Weapons In Arrest Last Week originally appeared on L.A. Mag. Skirmish lines like this one have been used to quell agitators who have ...

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 ...

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A serious interaction with law enforcement can have deadly consequences. In 2024, there were 32 fatal incidents of police shootings in Pennsylvania. The first was Jan. 7, when Christopher Lee Shepherd ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Police are often called upon to handle dangerous situations and react in a split second. Today, they have more tools at their disposal to deal with unruly people. There is ...

A federal judge banned Los Angeles Police Department officers from using some so-called less-lethal launchers at protests, after finding that the department violated previous court restrictions by ...

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