Seattle City Council approves use of less-lethal weapons for crowd management
The Seattle City Council voted 6-3 on Tuesday to allow police to use less-lethal weapons for crowd control, including blast balls and tear gas.
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Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests
The Seattle City Council Tuesday reauthorized the use of blast balls, pepper spray, and pepper by police for crowd-control purposes, despite the objections of people who said they were impacted by ...
Seattle council passes bill letting police use certain weapons on crowds
Past councils restricted the use of so-called less-lethal weapons following the department’s violent response to racial ...