Tear gas is a chemical weapon that’s banned in war, but it's legal for law enforcement to use during demonstrations. Here’s what to know about how police use it
Police deploying tear gas amid Black Lives Matter protests in Los Angeles. Photo: TNS via Getty Images New York Is Committed to Covering This Essential Moment
As thousands of protesters across the country have gathered night after night to demand justice for George Floyd and other victims of police brutality, police officers have resorted to a number of violent tactics to shut down otherwise peaceful protests. Widely shared social media posts show police officers aggressively shoving protesters to the ground and ruthlessly beating demonstrators with batons.
A brief history of tear gas. The use of tear gas dates back to World War I when soldiers used it during wartime to incapacitate enemy troops. In 1925, the Geneva Convention categorized tear gas as a chemical warfare agent and banned its use during wartime. However, its use by police in the U.S. is still technically legal.
Police have been freely deploying it during ongoing protests against brutality. Amid the recent protests against police violence, law enforcement across the country has used tear gas as a form of crowd control, even at gatherings that were overwhelmingly peaceful. In a particularly egregious case, on Monday, law enforcement in Washington, D.C.
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Tear Gas Manufacturers Worried About Association With Everything Tear Gas Used ForJAMESTOWN, PA—Upon learning that their products had been utilized by U.S. border patrol agents on migrants attempting to enter the country, tear gas manufacturers were reportedly worried Monday about their association with everything that tear gas is used for. “It’s troubling to turn on the news and see that our products were involved in such a heinous, violent situation where they were clearly used exactly as intended,” said Combined Systems CEO Donald Smith, echoing the concerns of other major tear gas manufacturers about seeing their products being linked to spraying protesters, refugees, and other unarmed people with tear gas. “When the media shows people with chemical burns in their eyes or choking on tear gas to the point of vomiting, it doesn’t make the average person view tear gas in a favorable light. Tear gas has always been intended for soldiers, law enforcement, and other authorities to control other, less powerful people by causing them severe pain, so any association with it being used according to its designed purpose really doesn’t look good for us. We just want to stress that our intended use for tear gas, whether it’s to disperse peaceful activists or to assault crowds of migrants, could not be any closer to what these products were actually used for.” The nation’s tear gas manufacturers added that critics of their products consistently failed to appreciate the care that they took to ensure that tear gas was not supposed to be lethal.
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Using tear gas to subdue protesters may further spread the coronavirus, experts warnSpraying people with tear gas causes them to cough, shout and scream — and that will send infectious droplets from an infected person to others, a professor of medicine warned.
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Trump calls tear gas reports 'fake news,' but protesters' eyes burned just the samePresident Trump and his allies have capitalized on the semantics of 'tear gas' to dismiss backlash that law enforcement used too much force to remove protesters.
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What to Do if Police Tear Gas or Pepper Spray YouWhether it's tear gas or pepper spray, find out what to do if you're exposed.
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Tear gas: What to do if you're exposedThe nonlethal substance is banned by the Geneva Conventions, but is legal to use against civilians. It causes irritation to the skin, eyes, throat and lungs. If you're peacefully protesting, using milk or a baking soda mixture can immediately help.
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Trump calls tear gas reports 'fake news,' but protesters' eyes burned just the same'It's said that a lie can get halfway around the world before the truth can get its pants on,' said Tim Murtaugh, the Trump 2020 communications director. 'We now know through the U.S. Park Police that neither they, nor any of their law enforcement partners, used tear gas to quell
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