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 ...

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

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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.

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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Officers from the Department of Homeland Security fire less-lethal weapons at protesters who gathered in response to immigration raids in downtown Los Angeles on June 6. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles ...