A British psychology professor credited with helping European authorities deter violent mobs at soccer matches is now advising Portland police on crowd control, including at protests outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building .

Clifford Stott, a professor of social psychology at Keele University south of Manchester, encourages police to take a friendlier approach to mass gatherings, arguing that heavy-handed tactics actually encourage groups to align themselves against police, inciting more violence.

The Portland Police Bureau began to rethink its crowd control strategies after Portland’s 2020 social justice protests, when officers relied on tear gas, projectiles and other crowd control munitions , using force on protesters 6,000 times and paying out millions i

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