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"This Podcast Will Kill You", | Ep 207 Tear Gas: How can a chemical weapon be “humane”?

Short answer It can't.

Here or wherever you get your podcasts: https://www.podbean.com/ea/dir-hfuqh-2cd0a0b1

#podcasts #ThisPodcastWillKillYou #teargas #chemicalweapons

Maimed, Deafened, Blinded

Fired at close enough range, so-called less lethal rounds easily kill or maim.
“Less Lethal Specialty Munitions” =
chlorobenzalmalononitrile - CS - chemical weapon used by U.S. on Vietnam is banned for military use; oleoresin capsicum - OC - derived from chili peppers.

https://theintercept.com/2026/04/03/less-lethal-chemical-weapons-tear-gas-protests/?

#Capitalism #CBP #ChemicalWeapons #DHS #ICEout #Protests #TearGas

Following the temporary restraining order issued against federal agents’ use of teargas and other “less lethals” for 14 days, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield has submitted arguments and evidence in support of a lawsuit brought forth by ACLU of Oregon on behalf of protesters and journalists that challenges violations of the First Amendment and the use of excessive force by federal agents outside the Portland ICE building.

The evidence shows that federal agents tear gassed protesters, including children, elderly folks, disabled people, and pets, repeatedly during the weekend of January 31.

They are urging the court to issue a preliminary injunction against federal agents' “unlawful use of tear gas, pepper balls, and other crowd-control munitions.”

The district court will hold a three-day hearing on the preliminary injunction motion, which will begin on March 2.

Thread from the weekend in question here:
https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115992642852082848

And here: https://kolektiva.social/@alissaazar/115998976092458588

#Portland #pdx #chemicalweapons #teargas

New- article from this past weekend is out now where a rally organized by a coalition of labor unions and community members turned violent when federal agents unleashed tear gas, rubber bullets, and other munitions on Portlanders, including young children, highlighting the deepening militarization of law enforcement and the community’s unwavering resistance.

I spoke with multiple people who were on the ground, including a street medic who said “I’ve been working in this field for over 8 years now and I’ve seen a lot of shit, but that was truly one of the most terrible things I’ve witnessed and I never thought that I’d have to see actual children getting gassed like that, but here we are I suppose.”

“This couple with a stroller emerged from the cloud with their maybe 2 or 3 year old daughter sitting barely conscious in that stroller. The parents were coughing and could barely walk, couldn’t see anything, this poor little girl was covered in her own vomit and sputum and mucus was pouring from her nose. She was just sitting there barely conscious, wheezing heavily, barely breathing through the wheezing…”

The medic told me that they had treated at least four children that day, adding "I’m never ever going to forget the sounds of those kids wailing in pain hacking up a lung in full panic mode. It was one of the worst things I’ve ever seen in my 8+ years of street medicine and EMS work."

https://www.wewillfreeus.org/portlands-labor-against-ice-march-faces-brutal-federal-response/

#Portland #pdx #chemicalweapons #teargas

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#IgorKirillov was the #Russian General and #WarCriminal responsible for killing citizens and military defenders in #Ukraine with banned #ChemicalWeapons. ☠️ on December 17.

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