(CNN) Philadelphia City Council passed a bill Thursday banning police use of tear gas, rubber bullets, and pepper spray during protests or other First Amendment protected activities. The bill passed 14-3 Thursday, and came in response to police use of such nonlethal devices against protesters in May and June in the days following the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. "I have been in plenty of demonstrations over two decades of organizing that did not result in the kind of violence and chaos we witnessed in May and June of 2020," said Councilmember At-Large Helen Gym, the bill's prime sponsor. The most recent time the Philadelphia Police Department used such devices was back in 2000 during protests at the Republican National Convention, according to Gym.

Source: CNN October 30, 2020 03:45 UTC