An appeals court has temporarily lifted restrictions from a federal judge in Minnesota that blocked ICE agents from pepper spraying and arresting peaceful protesters. In a victory for the Trump administration, the eighth US circuit court of appeals on Wednesday granted the justice department’s request for an administrative stay of a preliminary injunction issued last […]
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Climate protesters win groundbreaking class action against Victoria police over use of pepper spray | Australian police and policing
Climate protesters have won a class action against Victoria police over the use of capsicum spray during an anti-mining demonstration in Melbourne. The first class action against Victoria police in relation to alleged excessive use of oleoresin capsicum (OC) spray was heard in the state’s supreme court earlier this year, and a decision was handed […]
Man arrested after people at Heathrow allegedly attacked with ‘form of pepper spray’ | UK news
A man has been arrested on suspicion of assault after people were allegedly attacked with a “form of pepper spray” at a multistorey car park at Heathrow airport Terminal 3, police have said. The Metropolitan police said armed officers were called to the terminal’s car park at about 8.11am to a report of people being […]
Man arrested after ‘pepper spray’ incident at Heathrow parking lot, police say
LONDON — A man was arrested on Sunday after a “group of men” unleashed what may have been pepper spray in a parking garage at London’s Heathrow Airport, the police said. The incident was not being investigated as terrorism, Cmdr. Peter Stevens, of London’s Met Police, said in a statement. Officers were called just after […]
Arizona congresswoman says she was ‘pepper sprayed’ at protest against ICE | ICE (US Immigration and Customs Enforcement)
Adelita Grijalva, an Arizona congressperson, said she was “sprayed in the face” during a protest against a federal immigration raid at a Mexican restaurant in Tucson on Friday. In a video filmed after the incident, Grijalva said she joined a group of protesters assembled outside of Taco Giro, a “small mom-and-pop” restaurant in Tucson Grijalva […]