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A Closer Look at Less Lethal Weapons. Join the Pulitzer Center and grantee Wil Sands for a conversation on less lethal weapons, from production and regulation to the use in U.S. law enforcement. This webinar is on Thursday, March 3, 2022, at 1:00pm EST. Nonprofit grant writer LaToya Ratlieff and Neil Corney, research associate at the Omega Research Foundation, will join the conversation. In his Pulitzer Center-supported project, Less Lethal Weapons Brought into Focus, Sands reported on the effects of less lethal weapons (LLW). Advocates for these weapons argue LLWs offer police an alternative ...

Wil Sands. Wil Sands is a documentary photographer and journalist based in Richmond, Virginia. Sands' work focuses on social movements and political uprisings. He is the co-founder of the Fractures Collective and his work has been published in a variety of publications, including The Washington Post, Mother Jones, and Harper's Magazine, among others.

Photo Essay: The Shot in the Eye Squad. It’s been a year since I was shot in the face with a tear gas canister. I remember hearing the shot. When I close my eyes I can still see the spinning aluminum canister flying toward me. Like ripples...