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Seattle City Council approves police use of blast balls, pepper spray, tear gas during protests (www.kuow.org)
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[โ€“] alyqz@lemmy.sdf.org 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months 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@lemmy.world 8 points 4 months 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.