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.

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

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 ...