A federal judge on Feb. 3 ruled that federal agents must not use tear gas on protesters in Portland, Oregon, if they do not pose a threat of physical harm to agents.
U.S. District Judge Michael Simon said agents cannot deploy chemical or projectile munitions, such as tear gas and paintball guns, on people around the Immigration and Customs Enforcement building in Oregon’s largest city unless the target of the munitions “poses an imminent threat of physical harm to a law enforcement officer or other person.”
