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

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

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

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

The LAPD ordered officers this week to stop using one type of less lethal weapon during protests, after a federal judge found the Department was in contempt of a previous ruling limiting their use, ...

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 ...

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

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Harrison police are responding to more mental health crises than ever before. Since 2012, the number of calls dealing with noncompliant people has increased more than 500%, Chief Brian Turack said.

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 ...

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 ...