Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear gas. Protestors trapped, struggling to breathe.
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In Seattle during the BLM riots, the police launched tear gas canisters, calling them "less-than-lethal force."
The protesters who picked them up and threw them back got charged with Assault With a Deadly Weapon.
ACAB
That's fascinating. So is there precedent on the books now that a tear gas canister flying through the air is a deadly weapon? Because that could potentially be used against cops.
If any protester lost their defence, that could be precedent...
The very first thing these morons did in my city was shoot a pastor in the face with a pepper ball, at damn near point blank.
Is the assailant peeing his pants?
Found a slightly earlier picture and I think he indeed did piss himself.
I still see the pee pee
I think he just jizzed himself
To be fair, a dragon showed up. That’s pretty scary.
Did that guy piss himself while shooting the pastor? ICE really has the best and brightest.
It's probably just these https://www.wetpantsdenim.com/
Why does this exist?
That’s not a pepper ball gun, that a tear gas launcher. He took a tear gas canister to the face.
Whatever it was, I’m reasonably sure that you’re not supposed to shoot the clergy in the face with it from 5 feet away.
I hear those canisters are very hot and will burn you
Yeah, he was pretty fucked up.
This appears to be where the image was published
Yeah, this was when ICE deployed to the Bay Area a few weeks ago. Then they pulled out. I imagine the tech oligarchs pulled some strings.
You don't have to imagine — that's exactly what happened
In other terms, war crimes
There is no war, so just crimes
These fucks are going to be at every polling site come 2026/2028. Make sure to make it very clear to them that their treasonous behavior won't be forgotten.
I'm reminded of the riot police taping ball bearings to flashbangs during the Ukrainian Revolution
They don't even need to modify the weapons; just shoot at peoples heads with weapons not meant for that
Feds paid $8 million after shooting a man in the head in Portland with a less lethal round. It was a brutal brain injury for a peaceful protester.
https://www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/02/feds-pay-nearly-8m-to-oregon-man-shot-in-face-with-munition-during-2020-protest.html
We need our government to step in and protect it's citizens. Oh WAIT!
There are gangs of masked thugs kidnapping people at gunpoint. Oh wait
By ourselves we're OK but together that's hilarious.