Portland, Oregon, police have fewer tools to contain protests and riots after the city settled a lawsuit with activists over how officers handled the 2020 riots.
The Portland Police Bureau was forced this week to decommission its “rubber ball distraction devices,” which operate like flash grenades in stunning and disorienting a crowd, as a result of a lawsuit filed by activist group Don’t Shoot PDX in June 2020.
The settlement leaves Portland police with fewer options for quelling unrest at a time when violence in the city is rising.The Portland Police Bureau is also struggling to recruit and retain officers amid a national police shortage in major cities.
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