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Report: ICE Allegedly Misusing Crowd-Control Tactics
Researchers documented 412 misuse-of-force incidents and 203 injuries, including 19 traumatic brain injuries and 10 ocular injuries, in a yearlong review.
- On Monday, researchers at Physicians for Human Rights and the Human Rights Center at the University of California at Berkeley released a report documenting 412 instances of misuse of force at anti-ICE protests, with 43% directed at journalists.
- Tactics used by ICE agents have faced scrutiny over the last week following the fatal shootings of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Texas and Joan Sebastian Guerrero in Maine within days of each other.
- The misuse of force resulted in 203 documented injuries affecting 119 individuals, including 97 incidents where officials shot crowd control projectiles at people's heads, making it the second-most frequent improper tactic.
- Researchers write that the high number of head injuries suggests "a pattern of force directed towards the head," violating use-of-force guidelines and causing significant harm.
- Lead author Rohini Haar began tracking these impacts after a federal agent shot a pastor in Oakland last year, noting "those weapons can cause harm.
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Study documents violence in cities such as LA, Chicago and Minneapolis. Misuse of control weapons by the authorities caused blindness, trauma and fractures. 43% of the targets were journalists.
·Lisboa, Portugal
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Widespread misuse of crowd-control weapons by law enforcement at immigration enforcement protests
Law enforcement agents misused crowd-control weapons during protests against the Trump administration's immigration enforcement operations in 412 verified incidents across 16 U.S. cities from when immigration enforcement protests escalated in Los Angeles in June 2025 through May 2026, according to Charting the Crackdown, a digital mapping report released today by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Human Rights Center at the University of California, Berkeley (HRC).
·United Kingdom
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Leaning Left4Leaning Right2Center2Last UpdatedBias Distribution50% Left
Bias Distribution
- 50% of the sources lean Left
50% Left
L 50%
C 25%
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