Alarmed by a spike in pepper spray use and threats of sound cannons at protests, human rights groups want a review of "less lethal" weapons for crowd control.

According to an affidavit filed Feb. 13 by state police Detective Lt. Liam Jones, Daoust followed the driver, Monieke N. McNeil, for 10 miles from the Massachusetts Turnpike, down Interstate 291 and ...

Police found suspect Demi Smith with a loaded 9-mm. gun after she blasted two workers at Hillside Gourmet Deli in Washington Heights with pepper-spray, cops said.

Force was used against the motorist, including physical force and the deployment” of pepper spray, prosecutors said.

A rally in Sydney to protest Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia in February 2026 turned violent, with police using pepper spray and scuffling with demonstrators. But a video shared ...

Police in Sydney are being investigated by a state watchdog over their response to protests around Israel president Isaac ...

Philadelphia police are searching for a man who pepper‑sprayed another man during a rally in Center City last month.

Hundreds of Montrealers were met with police violence, chemical weapons and what they say is severe repression from the SPVM after marching to Quebec security firm GardaWorld’s headquarters to ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian police fired pepper spray to break up clashes between right-wing nationalists and anti-racism protesters on the streets of Melbourne on Sunday, the latest protest held by ...

A six-hour standoff ended early Monday morning when a 32-year-old man was taken into custody. St. Joseph police were called to a domestic disturbance after 9 p.m. Sunday evening at the 1200 block of ...

As a wave of student walkouts protesting federal immigration policies continues across the Tulsa metro, new questions are ...

On Feb. 19, the Berkeley City Council’s Public Safety Policy Committee unanimously approved a motion to reinstate the limited use of tear gas and lift the temporary moratorium on the ...