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

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

George Retes was on his way to work as a security guard when he said he was dragged from his car and pepper-sprayed by federal agents. The alleged incident happened during an immigration raid at Glass ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

We have received text from H.R. 4242: Innovate Less Lethal to De-Escalate Tax Modernization Act. This bill was received on 2025-06-27, and currently has 10 cosponsors. Here is a short summary of the ...

As the Trump administration’s immigration dragnet intensified in June, a nurse in Portland, Oregon, left work one midafternoon and drove to a nearby detention facility to voice his opposition. Federal ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. U.S. District Judge Hernán D. Vera extended restrictions that block federal agents and LAPD officers from using ...