Federal Judge Bans Tear Gas on Nonviolent Protesters in Columbus
Federal Judge Bans Tear Gas on Nonviolent Protesters in Columbus In a scathing opinion, Judge Algenon L. Marbley temporarily barred the Columbus police from using an array of tactics on nonviolent protesters and said officers had “run amok” with power. The Columbus Police Department releases tear gas on a crowd of protestors in Columbus, Ohio, in May.Credit...Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times May 3, 2021 A federal judge has ordered the police in Columbus, Ohio, to stop using tear gas, pepper spray, batons and rubber bullets against nonviolent protesters, writing a scathing 88-page op...