Ali Faruk: "The US didn’t ratify the agreement until 1975, under President Gerald Ford. When it did, it reserved the right to use riot control agents to control “rioting prisoners of war,” among other exceptions." www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/u...

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"The US didn’t ratify the agreement until 1975, under President Gerald Ford. When it did, it reserved the right to use riot control agents to control “rioting prisoners of war,” among other exceptions." www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/u...
The military is banned from using tear gas on the battlefield, but police can use it on crowds at home. Here’s why | CNN

The use of the chemical agent to disperse crowds has come under criticism lately.

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- Nicole Chung nicolechung.bsky.social · Feb 1
  “scores of nonviolent protesters were hit with chemical munitions… Federal officers stationed at the ICE building deployed tear gas that drifted through the air, traveling several blocks and into the larger crowd of demonstrators made up of families, including children and elderly people”
  Federal officers use crowd control munitions as demonstrators protest outside Portland ICE building
  
  Thousands of protesters turned out for a mostly peaceful demonstration Saturday in Portland to speak out against increased immigration enforcement. By the end of the day, scores of nonviolent proteste...
  
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- Mitch Green handle.invalid · Feb 1
  I just got tear gassed along with thousands of union members, many of whom had their families with them. Federal agents at the ICE facility tear gassed children. We must abolish ICE, DHS, and we must have prosecutions. I expect to see enforcement of our city code prohibiting the use of tear gas.
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The military is banned from using tear gas on the battlefield, but police can use it on crowds at home. Here’s why | CNN

Federal officers use crowd control munitions as demonstrators protest outside Portland ICE building