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Judge Orders Seattle to Stop Using Tear Gas During Protests

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Judge Orders Seattle to Stop Using Tear Gas During Protests
Police on motorcycles ride ahed of protesters organized by Black Lives Matter Seattle-King County, in Seattle, June 12, 2020. AP Photo/Ted S. Warren
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6/12/2020|Updated: 6/13/2020

SEATTLE—A U.S. judge on Friday ordered Seattle police to temporarily stop using tear gas, pepper spray and flash-bang devices to break up protests.

U.S. District Judge Richard Jones sided with a Black Lives Matter group that sued the Seattle Police Department this week to halt the various law enforcement measures it has used to break up protests.

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