Tear Gas

Facing Tear Gas: Chemical Weapons Abuse in US Prisons

Facing Tear Gas: Chemical Weapons Abuse in US Prisons

by YaliniDream

Multiple letters from Mount Olive Correctional Complex (MOCC) in West Virginia, report at least 5-7 imprisoned people are sprayed by tear gas, pepper spray or other chemical agents each week.  First-hand testimonies refer to the guards' lax references to the frequent use of these chemicals as “bug spray.”

Stop NYTOAC!

Every year in Verona, New York, hundreds of SWAT officers gather at NYTOAC to "talk shop" with major arms dealers and Islamophobic ideologues. Let's block it and shift resources where they belong: our communities' needs!

Government Targets

U.S. Police Departments & Police Chiefs
Police chiefs are the head of police departments that are responsible for abuses involving tear gas or pepper spray across the U.S., from the use of tear gas and pepper spray against Occupy protesters in Oakland, Portland, and Seattle to its use as a routine element of police intimidation and abuse against Black and Brown communities in places like Greensboro, North Carolina, and many others.

 

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