Hey let's go over some of the weapons police are using on protesters, and where they came from:
1. Rubber bullets:
-Developed by the British to suppress Irish nationalists during The Troubles
-Kill roughly 3% of the people they're used on
-The UK stopped using them decades ago khn.org/news/police-us…
-Developed by the British to suppress Irish nationalists during The Troubles
-Kill roughly 3% of the people they're used on
-The UK stopped using them decades ago khn.org/news/police-us…
2. Pepper Spray:
-Developed by this guy, who's kind of appalled by how it gets used now: huffpost.com/entry/pepper-s…
-Developed by this guy, who's kind of appalled by how it gets used now: huffpost.com/entry/pepper-s…
3. Tear gas:
-Invented + used widely during World War I
-Banned for use in warfare by the Geneva Protocol (1925) and the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty (1993)
-Still cool to use on protesters
un.org/disarmament/wm…
-Invented + used widely during World War I
-Banned for use in warfare by the Geneva Protocol (1925) and the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty (1993)
-Still cool to use on protesters
un.org/disarmament/wm…
4. Flash-bang grenades
-Developed for military counter-terrorist use
-First used to storm a hijacked plane
-Now lobbed into crowds of protesters
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s…
-Developed for military counter-terrorist use
-First used to storm a hijacked plane
-Now lobbed into crowds of protesters
seattletimes.com/seattle-news/s…
5. Riot batons (clubs)
-TIL they're illegal to possess here in California
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_di…
-TIL they're illegal to possess here in California
leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_di…
6. "Bean Bag" rounds
-TIL the beans are actually lead shot, not beans en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_bag_…
-TIL the beans are actually lead shot, not beans en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_bag_…
