While they can cause serious injuries, “nonlethal” weapons are regularly used in the United States to disperse public ...

Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi was shot in the leg with a rubber bullet while reporting on protests against US immigration enforcement in Los Angeles this week. The Nine News journalist said she ...

The additional National Guard troops will join the Marines who are deployed to quell clashes between demonstrators and law ...

Tear gas, rubber bullets and flash grenades have been used by law enforcement in Los Angeles after protesters took to the ...

Ruben Vives is a general assignment reporter for the Los Angeles Times. A native of Guatemala, he got his start in journalism by writing for The Times’ Homicide Report in 2007. He helped uncover the ...

The court heard that emotions flared up when police fired tear gas canisters and stun grenades at workers who were on their way to the "koppie" (hill). The miners started to attack police officers, ...

Police fired tear gas, baton-charged, and hurled sound grenades at teachers and students of Jagannath University (JnU) on Wednesday during their march toward the residence of the chief adviser, ...

Charlottesville Police Chief Al Thomas on Tuesday pushed back against criticism that the use of tear gas at a KKK rally over the weekend was excessive, saying that protesters had become agitated ...

At the U.S.-Mexico border, guards have used tear gas on a caravan of refugees from Central America. President Donald Trump has portrayed the arrival of these people as a national crisis ...

The deputy in charge that day took a voluntary demotion, and there’s now a moratorium on tear gas use by Philly police. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY) A ...