The ACLU of Washington, Korematsu Center, and Perkins Coie filed a second motion for contempt today in Black Lives Matter v. City of Seattle, to enforce a preliminary injunction barring the Seattle Police Department (SPD) from indiscriminately using chemical weapons and other less lethal weapons against crowds.

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ACLU of Washington, Korematsu Center, and Perkins Coie file a second motion for contempt after repeated violations of preliminary injunction barring Seattle Police from indiscriminate use of crowd control weapons

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