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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
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Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-border-patrol-less-lethal-weapons?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters

Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.

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Nov 25 at 6:37pmWeb
Show thread2qx4d ago

@ProPublica Aiming a gun at a peaceful unarmed civilian's head and pulling the trigger is attempted murder.

The type of round is irrelevant.

Show threadTheNovemberFella ✊🏳️‍🌈 🇺🇦☸️🛰️🚀4d ago
@ProPublica #NAZIS gonna do NAZI stuff 🙄 Fucking #ICE #Gestapo
Show threadSimplicator4d ago
@ProPublica That they don’t care about the risk, rather revel in it, shows they want us dead. Murderous intent. Precursor to genocide.
Show threadDwev4d ago
@ProPublica why isn’t tear gas classed as a chemical weapon?
Show threadKg. Madee Ⅱ.4d ago
@dwev @ProPublica that's the neat thing: it is!
You can't use it in a war, against soldiers
Show threadFat_Farang4d ago
@kgMadee2 People need to stop calling it "tear gas" and use CS Gas instead. Anyone who has ever been on the receiving end of it (me included) will tell you that it does a hell-uv-a lot more than make you cry.
Show threadLevka4d ago

@ProPublica

If they mean to have a war:

"If they mean to have a war, let it begin here” -- Captain John Parker, at Lexington 1775 (attributed)

"Let the troops pass by, and don’t molest them, without they begin first." -- what he probably said, or something like it.

"Capt. Parker ordered his men to stand their ground and not to molest the regulars, unless they meddled with us." -- eye witness Ebenezer Munroe

Show threadchris actual4d ago
@ProPublica Dear ICE. Fuck you, all you cosplaying mall cop rejects
Show threadTofu Golem4d ago
@ProPublica
Republicans hate freedom and hate Americans because they hate America.
Show threadTruth Or Consequences ✅ 🇺🇦4d ago

@ProPublica

ICE goons absolutely know how to make lethal use of their equipment. That"s the object. It provides a plausible alibi for them..

Show threadMrAptronym4d ago
@ProPublica Obviously this is the fault of the immigration forces, but I also think media has done a *lot* to whitewash these weapons over the years. Many people seem to think tear gas and rubber bullets are harmless and I suspect it is from years of both fiction and news reports minimizing their impact and danger.