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Judge blocks Seattle law banning police use of pepper spray

| July 27, 2020 12:03 AM

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge late Friday blocked Seattle’s new law prohibiting police from using pepper spray, blast balls and similar weapons that was passed following confrontations with protesters.

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