Seattle council passes bill letting police use weapons on crowds
The Seattle City Council passed a bill Tuesday allowing police officers — in limited cases — to use weapons like tear gas, pepper spray and blast balls to control crowd movement during protests.
Seattle City Council approves new police crowd control rules with oversight, accountability
The Seattle City Council voted to approve legislation that sets ground rules on crowd management for the police department. On Tuesday, the council voted 6-3 in favor of the legislative language that will include amendments that provide additional oversight,
Seattle council approves new policy on police crowd control weapons in 6-3 vote
The rules around how Seattle police can control crowds with less leathal weapons like blast balls, tear gas and pepper spray hinge on a final vote by city counc
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 those non-lethal weapons during the 2020 racial justice protests.
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.
Seattle may let police use tear gas again
The Seattle City Council is set to vote Tuesday on new legislation that would allow Seattle police to use a range of "less lethal" weapons, including blast balls, tear gas and pepper spray, for crowd control under certain circumstances.
City leaders to vote on tear gas, less-lethal weapons for Seattle police
The rules around how Seattle police can control crowds with less leathal weapons like blast balls, tear gas and pepper spray hinge on a final vote by city counc
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