'Non-Lethal' Weapons Police Use To Suppress Protest Are Killing People
Law enforcement worldwide uses "non-lethal" weapons to disperse large crowds -- but those weapons are killing people, according to a sweeping joint report published Wednesday by the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations and Physicians for Human Rights this week.
The groups found that crowd-control weapons, or CCWs -- including tear gas, flash bangs, military-grade sound cannons, and rubber bullets and other projectiles -- are generally unregulated and used indiscriminately because many police organizations rely on the manufacturers' recommendations.
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