Seized the park from non violent protesters. today, the justice department reached a settlement to resolve portions of force of a lawsuit brought on behalf of people were beat up by law enforcement that day. lawsuits focused in part on how officers had removed their name badges, and their insignia. the justice department announced tonight that within 30 days, the u.s. park police and u.s. secret service will implement major reforms and policy changes as part of the settlement. quote, changes to the agency s policies include more specific requirements for visible identification of officers, limits on the use of non lethal force, and procedures to facilitate safe crowd dispersal. and specifically, as part of the settlement, the park police will quote, to require officers to wear fully visible name badges, and name plates including fully visible badges and name plates, including an outerwear tactical gear and helmets. they will implement guidelines concerning the use of non lethal force,
Visible identification of officers, limits on the use of non lethal force, and procedures to facilitate safe crowd dispersal. and specifically, as part of the settlement, the park police will quote, to require officers to wear fully visible name badges, and name plates including fully visible badges and name plates, including an outerwear tactical gear and helmets. they will implement guidelines concerning the use of non lethal force, including de-escalation tactics. these are changes and reforms that do not happen every day. but this means the park police on the secret service can never do what they did in lafayette square park again. this will presumably set a standard for all federal on enforcement organizations. like i said, quite a u-turn. we will be right back, stay with us. ls, my eyes feel like a combo of stressed, dry and sandpaper. strypaper?