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.