Boston Police Unions Sue City Over Restrictions on Nonlethal Weapons
Police officers stand behind a lit trash can on Boston Common during a protest in response to the death of George Floyd on May 31, 2020. Protests spread across the United States in response to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Maddie Meyer/Getty Images
Two Boston police unions filed a civil lawsuit on July 18 to stop the city from enforcing an ordinance that makes it harder for police to use nonlethal weapons for crowd control.
It’s the latest law enforcement pushback against a national trend of growing restrictions on police usage of nonlethal weapons following the protests brought about by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020.
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