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Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests (www.kuow.org)
submitted 2 weeks ago by DougHolland to c/seattle
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[–] Tujio 9 points 2 weeks ago

Also remember that if a protestor picks up one of these "non-lethal crowd control measures" and throws it back at the police, they get charged with Assault With a Deadly Weapon.