A federal judge has issued an order restricting the use of tear gas at George Floyd protests by the Denver Police Department.
The department has “failed in its duty to police its own," Denver Federal Court Judge R. Brooke Jackson ruled Friday.
Jackson ruled tear gas, pepper spray, and pepper balls and rubber bullets can only be used if approved by commanding officers with the rank of captain or above and only “authorizes such use of force in response to specific acts of violence or destruction of property that the commanding officer has personally witnessed,”The city of Denver moved in court Saturday to amend the temporary restraining order to include lieutenants, according to the station. The order expires in 14 days.
The judge said he reviewed video of numerous incidents "in which officers used pepper-spray on individual demonstrators who appeared to be standing peacefully, some of whom were speaking to or yelling at officers, none of whom appeared to be engaging in violence or destructive behavior,"
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