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LRAD sound weapons at protests use focused acoustic beams up to 162 decibels that cause permanent hearing damage, but distance and industrial earplugs provide effective protection.

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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — More than 119,000 people have been injured by tear gas and other chemical irritants around the world since 2015 and some 2,000 suffered injuries from “less lethal” impact ...

A federal judge's order designed to protect the constitutional rights of nonthreatening protestors and the press in the Chicago area was paused on Wednesday after the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ...

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

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The LAPD ordered officers this week to stop using one type of less lethal weapon during protests, after a federal judge found the Department was in contempt of a previous ruling limiting their use, ...

The Defender of Rights in Paris claims the use of armed force ‘endangers people’, and has contributed to deaths and serious ...

Isabelle Brourman, an artist was sketching at a recent Minneapolis protest when she blocked a federal riot control round with ...