Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies have reported using thousands of crowd control munitions against protesters in L.A. since June 2025, when federal immigration sweeps began escalating ...

Leigh Kunkel never saw the federal agent pointing a pepper ball gun at her face from about twenty feet away. Kunkel, a freelance journalist at a protest outside an immigration detention center in ...

Boise Police have gone 17 months without a police shooting since November 2024. Boise reports a 57% increase in less-lethal weapon use, an 18% drop in guns pointed. Use of pepper balls rose from two ...