A 23-year-old autistic man has filed a legal claim stating that Los Angeles police blinded him in one eye by firing a less-lethal round at his head during a demonstration in January against the Trump ...

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 ...

Vermont State Police reported using “less-lethal munitions” to subdue a Brownington man who resisted arrest and confronted troopers while carrying a blunt metal object.

Nour Haydar speaks with Ariel Bogle and Nino Bucci about how controversial less-lethal weapons are being used against demonstrators ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Fullerton police officer killed a man while using so-called less-lethal munitions. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times) In the dark ...

“Less-lethal equipment is used by police departments as a de-escalation tactic in high-stakes situations to reduce the need for higher levels of force,” Scott Scheffler, UCPD’s captain of the ...

If you value independent local news, become a sustainer today. Your gift could help unlock a $1M challenge. Los Angeles police officers used more than 1,000 less-lethal munitions and wounded six ...

A woman who was shot in the face with a less-than-lethal round by a police officer while attending a protest in downtown Los Angeles plans to file an excessive force lawsuit. On Jan. 30, Jasmin Lomas, ...

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.

Leigh Kunkel never saw the federal agent pointing a pepper ball gun at her face from about twenty feet away. Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in ...