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U.S. Park Police and other federal officers hold a perimeter near the White House on June 1 as demonstrators gather to protest the killing of George Floyd.

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Watchdog To Review Nonlethal Tactics Against Protesters, Including 'Heat Ray' Request

2:51pm September 18, 2020

by Dina Temple-Raston

The Government Accountability Office, a nonpartisan government watchdog, will review the federal government's use of nonlethal weapons and the tactics it wielded against protesters this summer.

Military police hold a line near the White House as demonstrators gather to protest police brutality on June 1, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

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Military Police Leaders Weighed Deploying 'Heat Ray' Against D.C. Protesters

7:55pm September 16, 2020

by Dina Temple-Raston

Hours before federal police cleared peaceful protesters near the White House on June 1, a whistleblower got an email asking to find a device that would make protesters' skin feel like it was burning.