I'm not saying the Trump administration is turning the US into a dystopian hellscape, but when the local newspaper needs to help you identify what toxic gas Federal agents are unleashing on citizens, I think it speaks for itself.

earthling

Overview of HC tear gas

Frank Bennett

@augieray So they *have* used HC (edit: in Portland, not reported in Minneapolis). [Still that's] reason for everyone in the supply chain that landed it on a street to be put in prison.

Viss

@augieray @bascule i saw a post from someone not two days ago saying ice was using hc gas and they held the empty canister

orbman

@augieray The United States Naval Academy considers HC a “chemical weapon”.

Phil Thane ✅

@augieray
At least some of these are considered prohibited chemical weapons in actual warfare but allowing Trump's Praetorian Guard to use them on civilians is fine.

Pavel A. Samsonov

@augieray "military-style maximum smoke"

Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@augieray "have left on the ground"

Have these goon squads been prosecuted for littering?

Michael Busch

@fgbjr @augieray

HC smoke grenades have not been reported here in Minnesota. They have been used in Portland.

The Star Tribune piece included the picture so that readers know the difference.

And I would like to not need to know about so many different types of grenade.

Michael Busch

@orbman @augieray

The same document that lists that also lists sprayed oil as a "chemical weapon".

That does not make smoke grenades remotely the same as what that phrase usually refers to.

What we have been dealing with here in the Twin Cities is quite bad enough without misinformation.

Frank Bennett

@michael_w_busch @augieray Thanks. I'll amend what I posted.

Wandering Adventure Party

I'm not saying the Trump administration is turning the US into a dystopian hellscape, but when the local newspaper needs to help you identify what toxic gas Federal agents are unleashing on citizens, I think it speaks for itself.