A judge ruled in favor of a Black Lives Matter group on Friday, banning Seattle police from using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang…
A judge ruled in favor of a Black Lives Matter group on Friday, banning Seattle police from using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to disperse crowds at protests.
The ruling comes after a tense few weeks between law enforcement and protesters and legally reinforces a similar temporary ban by the city’s Mayor Jenny Durkan and Seatle Police Department Chief Carmen Best.
U. S. District Judge Richard Jones issued the two-week ban pointing to the dangers of using «indiscriminate» tactics that could harm peaceful protesters or innocent bystanders and claimed the use of force is unconstitutional.
«Because they are indiscriminate, they may even spill into bystanders’ homes or offices as they have done before,» Jones wrote in his ruling.
