U.S. District Judge Consuelo Marshall granted a contempt motion by attorneys for Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles that called ...

A man died from blunt force trauma to the chest after being struck by less-lethal rounds fired by Phoenix Police during a Jan. 10 standoff. Though a county attorney's office found the officers' ...

The officer was responding to a call that a man armed with a rifle was heading “quickly and purposefully” toward Victoria ...

“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 ...

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The First Amendment Coalition filed the lawsuit against the department on behalf of the Los Angeles Press Club and the independent media outlet Status Coup in June. The order bans the Los Angeles ...

Tear gas fills the street as protesters confront Border Patrol personnel during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier in the ...

L.A. police officers fire so-called less-lethal weapons at protesters during a "No Kings" rally in downtown on June 14. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times) The Los Angeles City Council voted against a ...

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 ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police used what they called "less lethal force" to arrest a man accused of stealing a gun from a vehicle downtown Wednesday night. The theft was reported at around 11:20 p.m.