St. Louis police want chemical agent restrictions lifted
By: The Associated Press, policeone.com
ST. LOUIS — A federal judge should end restrictions on when St. Louis police use chemical agents such as pepper spray and tear gas to break up protests, according to a court filing on behalf of the police department.
The 39-page motion filed Friday seeks to dissolve a preliminary injunction issued in 2017 after the American Civil Liberties Union sued on behalf of protesters who took to the streets in response to the acquittal of former officer Jason Stockley.
A judge on Sept. 15 2017, found Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, a drug suspect. Within minutes of the announcement, protests broke out.
