1/ I spoke with @AOC @MarkTakano and @RepChuyGarcia who are proposing a ban on police use of tear gas after #GeorgeFloydProtests latimes.com/world-nation/s…
2/@MnDPS_MSP fired tear gas and rubber bullets at me and pepper sprayed my colleague @Carolyn_Cole during a peaceful protest. They have yet to contact us or confirm that they are investigating. latimes.com/world-nation/s…
3/The proposed ban on tear gas (part one):
4/The proposed ban on police use of tear gas (part two)
4/Things I learned in reporting this story: Tear gas is not a gas, it was developed during World War I, used in union-busting, colonial protests and more recently in Hong Kong.
5/Tear gas manufactured in the U.S. has also been used on protesters in the Middle East. I covered some of the effects during the #ArabSpring in Egypt. Now journalists there are messaging me with concern about the U.S. latimes.com/world/la-xpm-2…
6/The protester who I wrote about in Egypt who was attacked by police later died.
7/Numerous journalists have lost their eyes after police used "less lethal" weapons on them during #GeorgeFloydProtests including @KillerMartinis who's still having surgery #Journalismisnotacrime
8/At last night's #Berkeley #California city council meeting, a council member asked the police chief how he would disperse protesters if he couldn't use tear gas, he joked, "We could shoot them." The council then voted to indefinitely ban police use of tear gas.
5/Full Text of legislation to ban tear gas just released. “To stop us from protesting the death of a Black man who was suffocated by police, law enforcement is using a weapon that restricts our lungs - during a respiratory pandemic,” @AOC
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