Ample evidence shows the existence of an unwritten policy” to encourage excessive, unpredictable and indiscriminate force to quash protesters’ rights, the judge found.

The court order limits federal agents’ crowd control tactics and concludes that the use of chemical munitions against largely peaceful protests may violate First Amendment rights ...

A federal judge restricted federal agents from using chemical munitions at protests at the ICE building in Portland unless ...

Attorneys representing demonstrators pointed to multiple examples they say show excessive force and violations of protected ...

A Federal Protective Service incident commander and five agency officers said in videotaped depositions played in court Tuesday that they fired pepper balls or doused protesters with hand-held pepper ...

A U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesperson stood firm this week in the face of two injunctions restricting federal officers’ use of force outside Portland’s ICE building. The unnamed ...

U.S. District Judge Michael Simon is expected to rule in the coming days in a case shaping how protests are handled at ...

A federal judge has restricted the use of tear gas at anti-ICE protests in Portland. U.S. District Judge Michael Simon, a federal judge in Oregon, has imposed […] ...

A freelance videographer testified that federal officers targeted him with a smoke canister and pepper ball rounds while he ...

A judge is expected to rule as early as next week on whether to extend limits on federal agents’ use of chemical munitions.

A federal judge in Oregon has restricted federal officers from using tear gas at protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

A federal judge in Oregon has limited the use of tear gas by federal officers during protests at the ICE building, following a lawsuit by the ACLU of Oregon, aiming to protect First Amendment rights.