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Instead of engaging in discussion, UCLA decided to arm university police and frighten students into conformity. Supporters of the less-than-lethal munitions argue that protests in the past have ...

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MADISON, Wis. -- Madison police used what they called "less lethal force" to arrest a man accused of stealing a gun from a vehicle downtown Wednesday night. The theft was reported at around 11:20 p.m.