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Philadelphia’s City Council passed a ban on the police use of “less lethal” munitions in response to demonstrations and other activity protected by the first amendment, officials announced Thursday.

Philadelphia city council held a hearing on legislation that would ban police from using “less lethal” munitions in response to demonstrations and other activity protected by the First Amendment. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors has the details.

NBC10’s Randy Gyllenhaal reports ahead of Philadelphia City Council voting on a ban of non-lethal munitions by law enforcement during First Amendment-protected activities. The ban is one of the considerations being made in the aftermath of police using tear gas on protesters earlier this year.

Three class-action lawsuits filed in Philadelphia on Tuesday accuse the city of using military-level force against peaceful demonstrators protesting racial inequality and police brutality.

Attorneys representing more than 100 people involved in protests in Philadelphia are filing lawsuits against city leaders and police officers. NBC10’s Matt DeLucia has the details.

Protesters still want to see deeper changes to the department after uses of tear gas and pepper spray.

Protesters who were tear gassed on the highway said an apology is a start, but not enough. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports.

Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney and Commissioner Danielle Outlaw admitted that the use of tear gas in response to protesters on I-676 back on June 1 was wrong. The incident commander who responded was demoted while another officer was suspended. They also banned the use of tear gas. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk has the story.

Mayor Jim Kenney said the decision was made based on faulty information from the scene on June 1. NBC10’s Lauren Mayk reports.

NBC10 Responds reporter Harry Hairston continues to answer your coronavirus questions. One viewer asked if tear gas can accelerate COVID-19.

The national semantics exercise over “pepper balls” and “tear gas” has continued.

President Donald Trump and some of his supporters are claiming authorities did not use tear gas against people in a crackdown outside the White House this week

Civil rights advocates asked the new U.S. attorney in St. Louis on Friday to investigate allegations of police misconduct at recent protests that were sparked by the acquittal last month of a white officer charged in the death of a black suspect. Sherrilyn Ifill, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, said in a letter to U.S. Attorney...

Police arrested 143 people after protesters blocked traffic on a busy highway near downtown St. Louis as part of the ongoing demonstrations against the acquittal of a white former police officer in the 2011 killing of a black man. Protesters gathered Tuesday evening and marched to Interstate 64, where some walked onto the roadway and blocked traffic for several minutes....

Charlottesville residents are getting a chance to talk with city officials about a white nationalist rally earlier this month that devolved into deadly violence. The city is hosting what it calls a “community recovery town hall” on Sunday, after it had been rescheduled from Thursday, in collaboration with the Community Relations Services of the Department of Justice. Officials will provide...

A white nationalist who says he pepper-sprayed a demonstrator in self-defense on the campus of the University of Virginia was denied bond at a court hearing Thursday. Christopher Cantwell of Keene, New Hampshire, was taken into custody at the police department in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was transported from a regional jail in Lynchburg to the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail in Charlottesville...

University of Virginia police say Christopher Cantwell of Keene, New Hampshire, is wanted on three felony charges: two counts of the illegal use of tear gas or other gases and one count of malicious bodily injury with a “caustic substance,” explosive or fire.

The bombing by Pennsylvania State Police against members of the MOVE activist group destroyed 61 homes at the time, and continues to define a marginalized section of the city.

A historic marker was unveiled at the site of the MOVE headquarters bombing that occurred May 13, 1985. Police dropped a bomb on the commune during a standoff. The marker will stand for the lives lost.

The Trump administration imposed new sanctions on members of Venezuela’s supreme court for alleged human rights violations as it grows more concerned about the crackdown on anti-government protesters, U.S. congressional aides said Thursday.