Tag: Less Lethal

SEATTLE (AP) — An 84-year-old woman in Seattle has quickly become a face of the national Occupy Wall Street movement after she was hit with pepper spray during a march. ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Don't set a midnight deadline to evict Occupy Wall Street protesters — it will only give a crowd of demonstrators time to form. Don't set ultimatums ...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Police in riot gear dispersed about 2,000 Penn State students who took to the streets after the ouster of football coach Joe Paterno. Crowds toppled ...

Some of the latest developments in the Occupy protests taking place in cities across the world: CALIFORNIA Police clashed with protesters in Oakland after thousands of demonstrators shut down one ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Oakland, Calif. police union on Tuesday slammed the mayor for her stance on the city's Occupy Wall Street protests, further testing the embattled leader's administration ...

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A police officer charged with killing a mentally ill, homeless man during a violent arrest posted $1 million bail Thursday and was released from custody, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The Police Department will look into a complaint that an officer wrongly used pepper spray at a demonstration against Wall Street last week, Commissioner Raymond Kelly ...

NEW YORK (AP) — About 80 people were arrested Saturday as demonstrators who were camped out near the New York Stock Exchange marched through lower Manhattan, police said. The "Occupy ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A suspect pulls on a pair of rubber gloves, tells a mentally ill homeless man he's about to attack him, then initiates a beating that ends ...

Updated at 1:06 p.m. PDT SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors charged one police officer with murder and another with manslaughter Wednesday in the killing of a defenseless, mentally ill ...