Police in Portland peppered protesters with tear gas on Monday as they assembled outside of a police station, following a weekend of ongoing demonstrations against police racism and in favor of defunding the police. Their actions continue a history of Portland police using tear gas on demonstrators tracing as far back as May. Portland made headlines last month after federal law enforcement began detaining protesters, even though it was unclear if all of those detained had been involved in illegal activity.
Protesters and activists alike are fearful for the long-term effects of being exposed to chemical weapons. As the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality noted previously, there is no scientific precedent for the long-term exposure of tear gas on humans, as it is not meant to be used often. And the amount of the caustic gas, reportedly the variant known as CS gas (which one Portland police official insisted was different than tear gas), sprayed in downtown Portland is similarly unusual — nearly every night since the week of George Floyd's death on May 25, tear gas has coated the sidewalks and drains.
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-WiscoDave
With all the crap and filth those people have been living in and spreading around the city, tear gas is the least of their worries.
ReplyDeleteIs this when someone is supposed to say
ReplyDeleteCry me a River?
"Protesters and activists alike are fearful".... Bummer!
ReplyDeleteANTIFA rioters are making good test subjects. Keep on spraying the tear gas If they are stupid enough to keep showing up to RIOT. Hose'em down with it until they quit. They should be gassed at least once a day as long they keep showing up.
ReplyDeleteCome on...give them a break. They ARE getting paid to riot. They are bussed in from wherever they call home and are expected to perform every night in a hostile environment for only $2500 a week. Give them a break
DeleteTo minimize long term environmental damage it is time to switch from gas to solid-lead being the most effective if the main worry is the time line.
ReplyDeleteMaybe they should switch to VX instead...
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And all this time I thought they were using pepper spray which would just give a little snap to the red snapper.
ReplyDeleteWait until the river scene with the young girl in War of the Worlds.
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The Army was very fond of CS gas as a training tool during the cold war. We were exposed to it frequently to keep on our toes as part of our constant NBC training.
ReplyDeleteAsk the Army. Lots of guys get exposed regularly. They're called the chemical corps.
ReplyDeleteIt’s not CS gas, if is was CS, they would have knocked that crap off the first night!
ReplyDeleteThey need a good nausea gas...
ReplyDeleteBattery acid in an supersoaker...spray cocksucking rioters, drop SS when out of ammo...fall back and disappear like a fart in the wind!
ReplyDeleteChutes Magoo
Need to hose those worthless pukes down with 7.62 and spare the fish
ReplyDeleteBesides, lead poisoning is far more effective and yields superior results.
ReplyDeleteFlammenwerfer.
ReplyDeleteNot one vote for beehive rounds? Far more environmentally friendly than lead bullets, and it will impale the "protestors" in funny positions, too.
ReplyDeleteI'm waiting for one of those area-denial microwave thingies the military has been demonstrating the last few years. What a great opportunity to test.
ReplyDelete"tear gas has coated the sidewalks and drains."
ReplyDeleteOK, what a money-saver! All the police need to do is take them down to the concrete. And then rub their face and hands in it.
If CS contaminates stuff, then downrange Ft. Carson must be a complete disaster by now. They used CS for everything. Grenades, powder, smoke generators. I recall the chemical guys filling an entire valley with CS from their smoke generators. I was exposed to it so much, I developed somewhat of an immunity to it and could go into the gas chamber without a gas mask. All it would do was clear my sinuses.
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