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Seattle council advances bill allowing use of 'less lethal' weapons by police

Summary by The Seattle Times
A Seattle City Council committee approved the use of a limited number of so-called “less lethal” weapons by the Seattle Police Department, deployed primarily to control crowd movement during protests. The bill was amended to put greater guardrails on how and when the department uses blast ball grenades.The vote is a departure from past councils, who sought to greatly restrict the use of these weapons – such as blast balls, tear gas and pepper sp…
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