While some federal agencies have specific rules around less-lethal weapons – including CBP, which prohibits intentionally firing pepper balls at heads unless deadly force is justified, among other ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Officers from the Department of Homeland Security fire less-lethal weapons at protesters who gathered in response to immigration ...

Opinion: UCPD is using less-than-lethal munitions to ‘frighten students into conformity’ An officer carrying a less-than-lethal weapon on campus is pictured. Columnist Michael Gallagher writes that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal agents target protesters with "less lethal" weapons at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building on October 18 ...

This post was updated Sept. 17 at 8:26 p.m. The UC Board of Regents approved the UCLA police department’s request for less-than-lethal munition launchers and sponge rounds at a Wednesday meeting. The ...

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 ...

Several fatalities stemming from supposedly ‘less-lethal’ police weapons are now the subject of coronial inquests, adding to pressure for tougher constraints on their use.

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A Fullterton police officer killed a man in 2024 by firing a bean bag round that pierced the man's chest. The use of force was ruled justified, but the incident raises questions about law ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago and other U.S. cities show masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol agents in military-style gear pointing weapons at ...

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 ...