Seattle police officers’ use of blast balls and projectiles against protesters alarmed community members, elected officials and police accountability experts. And that was in 2015 and 2016. While 2020 ...

Seattle City Council members approved a controversial ordinance Tuesday evening in a 6-3 vote — changing how police control crowds during protests. Police will now be allowed to use less-lethal ...

SEATTLE — A federal judge on Monday found the Seattle Police Department and Seattle City Hall in civil contempt for the use of four different crowd control methods that were deployed against street ...

SEATTLE — New rules are now in place on how Seattle police can control crowds with weapons such as blast balls, tear gas and pepper spray following a final vote by city councilmembers on Tuesday. The ...