An order sent this week says officers "shall not" the launchers for crowd control - after a federal judge's found the LAPD ...

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

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 ...

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

(CNN) — As protesters against federal immigration raids have clashed in recent days with law enforcement, the Los Angeles Police Department’s Central Division sent out a warning: “Less Lethal ...

A protester waves a flag in front of LAPD standing guard at a No Kings Day protest in Los Angeles on June 14 Credit: Courtesy of Michele McPhee Skirmish lines like this one have been used to quell ...

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 ...