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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

"Non-lethal" should really say less lethal, since the can and do kill. Especially when they are intentionally misused as they so often are.

[โ€“] 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.