Police use tear gas to clear protesters from the courthouse area

Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler and the police agency he oversees engaged in a public disagreement over his ban on use of tear gas during nightly protests, records show.

In an email the mayor sent to Police Chief Chuck Lovell and other top bureau officials, Wheeler said he expects “unity throughout my administration,” not the public push-back he got from the law ...

The New Orleans City Council on Sept. 17 unanimously passed an ordinance to restrict the New Orleans Police Department and other law enforcement officers from using tear gas and other ...

Madison campus and then up State Street by police, protesters seemed content to head home shortly before 2 a.m. on Aug. 26. Fires had been set on Uni ...

A Defense Department official said the emails were a routine inventory check to determine what equipment was available.

Developed by the military as a crowd dispersal tool, the ADS has largely been abandoned amid doubt of its effectiveness and ethical questions.

Military police wanted to use a "heat ray" to clear protesters for Donald Trump's infamous "Bible photo op" on June 1, a whistle-blower has claimed. In sworn testimony, Major Adam DeMarco of the D.C.

Raleigh police used expired tear gas on protesters and, in at least one case, used tear gas on protesters in error, according to a new report released Tuesday. Police Chief Cassandra Deck-Brown ...

In June, federal police cleared peaceful protesters from a park by the White House. Lawyers now say U.S. Park Police violated a settlement that set out rules for engaging mass demonstrations in D.C.

Ruling grants 14-day restraining order sought by Detroit Will Breathe, which sued the department, alleging the use of "excessive force" ...

"Due to the unprecedented amount of tear gas products used within the downtown area over ... Justice Center, the courthouse and two parks because police used tear gas on protesters in those ...