Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial...
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defining component of the lachrymatory agent commonly referred to as CS gas, a tear gas which is used as a riot control agent, and is banned for use in warfare...
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Riot control (redirect from Tear Agent)
detain rioters. Since the 1980s, riot control officers have also used tear gas, pepper spray, rubber bullets, stun grenades, and electric tasers. In some...
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reach a compromise. After 51 days, on April 19, 1993, the FBI launched a tear gas attack in an attempt to force the Branch Davidians out of the compound's...
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response, riot police units deployed tear gas, which triggered a stampede of people in the stadium trying to escape the gas. A crush formed at one exit, resulting...
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Chemical weapons in World War I (redirect from Use of poison gas in World War I)
static nature of gas clouds would be most effective. The types of weapons employed ranged from disabling chemicals, such as tear gas, to lethal agents...
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George Floyd protests in Washington, D.C., law enforcement officers used tear gas and other riot control tactics to forcefully clear peaceful protesters...
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August 2019, police used 1000 tear gas canisters. Then, on the single day of 5 August, police fired more than 800 tear gas canisters in their operations...
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Look up teargas or tear gas in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Tear gas is a non-lethal chemical weapon that cause severe eye and respiratory pain, skin...
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Pepper spray (redirect from OC gas)
spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that...
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9mm P.A.K. (section Tear gas)
compatible with gas pistols 9mm R. (.380) or 9mm R NC designed for blank-firing revolvers. Cal. 9mm P.A. CS are cartridges loaded with tear gas CS (80 mg)...
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use CR gas in Northern Ireland. CR tear gas was used in suppression of the mutiny in Makati that was led by Sen. Antonio Trillanes. The tear gas was fired...
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agents, who responded by firing tear gas into the crowd which included families with small children. The use of tear gas in this situation was strongly...
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Non-lethal weapon (section Tear gas)
with the introduction of effective non-lethal chemical agents such as tear gas and offensive-odor canisters, and non-lethal impact rounds such as rubber...
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Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest is a 2017 non-fiction book written by Zeynep Tufekci about protest in the age of the...
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Mandate over Mesopotamia. Use of tear gas and lethal poison gas against Iraqi rebels was considered, and the use of gas was promoted by Winston Churchill...
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Tear Gas is the fourth studio album by American rapper The Jacka. It was released on June 16, 2009 through The Artist Records/SMC Recordings. Recording...
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wearing gas masks. The protestors were then repulsed by the police. Police responded to the protesters in the "green zone" by firing tear gas canisters...
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been using tear gas as an offensive weapon, firing it indoors inside a railway station, using expired tear gas, which could release toxic gases upon combustion...
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Tear Gas Squad is a 1940 American drama film directed by Terry O. Morse and starring Dennis Morgan, John Payne and Gloria Dickson. The film was made under...
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conversion of a traditional handgun made to be able to fire blanks or tear gas cartridges. Effective range is up to 4.5 metres depending on caliber. For...
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only increased tensions in the area. Police eventually succeeded in using tear gas to disperse the crowd from downtown, forcing them to move several blocks...
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26 August 2024. "Khatron Ke Khiladi 14: Aashish Mehrotra breaks down in tears as he gets eliminated; Rohit Shetty honours him by calling him 'Kedar Aashish'...
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protesters attempted to tear down the fence and threw bottles, rocks, and bricks at the officers, and then the officers fired tear gas canisters. A major confrontation...
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Matthew; Jackson, Anthony (May 29, 2020). "Police confront protesters, fire tear gas in SE ABQ". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved January 18, 2023. Schmelzer...
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Zal Cleminson (section Early days / Tear Gas)
1970s he left the Bo Weavels and joined Glasgow-based band Tear Gas. The line up of Tear Gas were: Andi Mulvey on lead vocals, Zal Cleminson on lead guitar...
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bullets, and tear gas to disperse the crowd. Video footage of the events recorded by KARG Argus Radio shows Ferguson Police firing tear gas into a residential...
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Dressed in tactical clothing, 24-year-old James Eagan Holmes set off tear gas grenades and shot into the audience with multiple firearms. Twelve people...
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Day on 15 August. On 15 August, shortly after midnight, police deployed tear gas and baton charged a crowd of demonstrators at R.G. Kar Medical College...
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and released tear gas into the hallway, gassing all six boys. It took up to eight minutes to remove the boys in their cells from the tear gas. A news release...
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