The Los Angeles Police Department has abruptly ordered officers to stop using 40mm less‑lethal launchers for crowd control, effective immediately, after a federal judge found the department in contempt of a previous court order.

Illustration by Rita Sabler / Special to OPB Attorneys returned to court in Portland Thursday as U.S. District Court Judge Karin Immergut hears further arguments over the legality of domestic military deployment to Portland. On Thursday, lawyers for the ...

Immigration Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.

The Los Angeles Police Department used 2,431 less-lethal projectile rounds and 35 canisters of tear gas from June 6 through 14, according to newly released documents. The department reported causing 12 injuries with those weapons. Why now? The LAPD ...

Kash Patel has walked back false claims by his boss Donald Trump that undercover FBI agents may have caused the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol, stating instead that agents were sent on a “crowd control mission.” The FBI Director stopped short of ...