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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Lawyers from the Virginia branch of the American Civil Liberties Union have filed an emergency request to bar police from using chemical irritants or other devices to disperse protesters.

ACLU attorneys told Circuit Judge Beverly W. Snukals on Monday that Richmond police violated protesters’ constitutional rights to speech by employing chemical irritants and other devices when dispersing them from outside City Hall last week, news outlets reported.