Philadelphia City Council passes bill banning use of tear gas, rubber bullets and pepper spray during protests – By Amir Vera and Ganesh Setty (CNN) / Oct 29 2020
(CNN)Philadelphia City Council passed a bill Thursday banning police use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray during protests or other First Amendment protected activities.
The bill passed 14-3 Thursday, and came in response to police use of such nonlethal devices against protesters in May and June in the days following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis.
The bill also follows days of intense protests, looting and attacks on police in Philadelphia following the death of Walter Wallace Jr.
“I have been in plenty of demonstrations over two decades of organizing that did not result in the kind of violence and chaos we witnessed in May and June of 2020,” said Councilmember At-Large Helen Gym, the bill’s prime sponsor.
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