The Washington Post, among other mainstream media organizations, created the false impression that President Donald Trump ordered Lafayette Square cleared with “tear gas” to remove “peaceful protesters” for a “photo-op” last June 1. SUPERCUT: A look back at how cable news went all in on the debunked narrative that President Trump gassed peaceful protesters for a […]
A federal judge in Detroit has ordered the city’s police not to use batons, tear gas, shields, chokeholds, rubber bullets, sound cannons, or any other type of non-lethal force against protesters for the next two weeks. The late Friday ruling granted a temporary restraining order to the activist group Detroit Will Breathe, which sued the […]
More than 100 police agencies pulled out of agreements Tuesday to provide additional protection to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next month over a local ban on the use of tear gas to disperse crowds. The Associated Press reported: More than 100 police agencies are withdrawing from agreements to send personnel to […]
