Democrats on the House Homeland Security Committee launched a probe Friday into the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ...

The post ICE’s “less lethal” crowd-control weapons can still be deadly appeared first on Salon.com.

Crowd-control weapons can cause severe and sometimes permanent injuries. Chemical irritants affect the eyes, skin and lungs ...

A researcher talks about the risks of “less-lethal” weapons 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 ...

Welts, watery eyes, temporary blindness: Zoom in on crowd control tactics used against protesters ...

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 ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Los Angeles police officers used more ...

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 ...

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 ...