Ed Markey Calls For Nationwide Ban On Non-Lethal Crowd Control Police Tactics

Ed Markey Calls For Nationwide Ban On Non-Lethal Crowd Control Police Tactics

Massachusetts U.S. Senator Ed Markey wants to ban police departments from using certain types of firearms as well as non-lethal crowd control tactics.

In response to a tweet from the American Civil Liberties Union stating that the city of Portland, Oregon banned its local police from using tear gas on protestors, Markey took things further.

Kevin O’Connor Wants Seven Debates With Ed Markey
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Kevin O’Connor Wants Seven Debates With Ed Markey

Tom Joyce

Kevin O'Connor hasn't had a debate yet, but he wants six more than he's scheduled to have with his opponent in this election cycle.

The Dover attorney and Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Massachusetts has one debate scheduled with Democratic Senator Ed Markey so far, but he doesn't think that's enough. He wants seven — one more than Markey had with U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy III in the Democratic primary.

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