Crowd-control tactics tied to eye injuries, serious wounds and fatalities are drawing renewed scrutiny ...

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 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 ...

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The Los Angeles Police Department’s own rulebook shows cops face tight limits — and scrutiny — when firing “non-lethal” launchers. An internal document obtained by The Post shows Los Angeles police ...

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 ...

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

FIRST ON FOX: A company that sells self-defense weapons brought a lawsuit on Wednesday against Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom's administration, alleging that California, a state heavy on gun ...

A newly filed lawsuit in San Diego federal court is challenging the constitutionality of California laws that prohibit state residents from buying and owning weapons that fire pepper projectiles, ...