Two teenage survivors of a mysterious mass death incident at a South African nightclub on Sunday told Al Jazeera and Agence France-Presse (AFP) separately on Monday that they each suspect that staff at the venue sprayed an unidentified gas-like substance onto patrons of the overflowing bar, which may have contributed to the deaths of 21 minors.
The Washington Post, among other mainstream media organizations, created the false impression that President Donald Trump ordered Lafayette Square cleared with “tear gas” to remove “peaceful protesters” for a “photo-op” last June 1.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser is defending the city’s use of tear gas last year against Black Lives Matter protesters — after she denounced President Donald Trump for the same (though federal authorities did not, in fact, use tear gas).
Children as young as twelve years old attacked a butcher in the French city of Lyon, allegedly over the shop selling pork products.
Democrat Oregon Gov. Kate Brown for the first time declared a state of emergency in Portland after almost nightly riots there for months.
Sheriff Mike Reese said his agency won’t help with an expected clash in Portland between Antifa and the Proud Boys citing the tear gas ban.
Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler (D) reprimanded the Portland Police Bureau for publicly defending the use of tear gas, calling it a “serious breach of protocol and an inappropriate use of City communications resources.”
A federal judge in Detroit has ordered the city’s police not to use batons, tear gas, shields, chokeholds, rubber bullets, sound cannons, or any other type of non-lethal force against protesters for the next two weeks.
More than 100 police agencies pulled out of agreements Tuesday to provide additional protection to the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, next month over a local ban on the use of tear gas to disperse crowds.
The U.S. Park Police deny tear gas was used to clear protesters from Lafayette Park on June 1 when President Trump visited St. John’s church.
As the world marks the 31st anniversary of China’s massacre of thousands of students in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Democrats – including leadership in the House and Senate – and the left-wing media are comparing that deadly day to President Donald Trump’s visit on Monday to St. John’s Episcopal Church.
Claims about the use of tear gas on “peaceful protesters” disseminated by Democrat leaders but denied by U.S. Park Police galvanized people to join the estimated 2,000 demonstrators who descended on the nation’s capital on Tuesday, considered the most massive crowd yet.
Top Republicans in the Senate are behind President Donald Trump’s effort to quell the violence and looting in the nation’s capital.
“Maybe they didn’t have tear gas, I don’t know,” Nancy Pelosi said, describing the clearing of Lafayette Park on Monday.
The United States Park Police said in a statement that while 51 officers were injured during riots in Lafayette Park, no tear gas was used.
The ACLU called the use of tear gas and pepper spray a “grossly unjustified use of a chemical weapon on protesters.” The group continued, saying the issue “raises serious human rights concerns under international law.” Late Monday night, the ACLU
While covering events in Minneapolis on Saturday, MSNBC host Ali Velshi was hit with tear gas fired by police, which Velshi said was done with “no provocation” and “nothing that happened whatsoever.” Velshi said, “Nobody was doing anything. They pulled
Thousands of protesters filled the streets of Hong Kong on Sunday to denounce Beijing’s plan to impose a draconian national security law, neutralizing the Hong Kong legislature and potentially setting up a brutal crackdown on all future dissent.
At a meeting of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council, commonly referred to as LegCo, Security Minister John Lee tacitly defended plans to deploy electroshock weapons against protesters. According to Lee, bringing more nonlethal weapons to bear at the “appropriate time” can “reduce the risk of injuries.”
BAGHDAD (AP) — U.S. troops fired tear gas on Wednesday as hundreds of Iran-backed militiamen and other protesters gathered outside the American Embassy in Baghdad for a second day and set fire to the roof of a reception area inside the compound.
The police force in Hong Kong is facing ridicule after attempting to co-opt the recent “Art Basel Banana” artwork to make light of their repeated use of tear gas against the city’s pro-democracy protesters.
A senior government official in the Hong Kong’s Beijing-backed government claimed on Wednesday that smoke emanating from barbeques is more toxic than tear gas used by security forces against the city’s pro-democracy demonstrators.
Police in Hong Kong fined a Russian man $3,000 (about $383 USD) for trying to smuggle used tear gas shells and rubber bullet casings back to his country as a souvenir, local media reports.
Hong Kong police fired both tear gas and live rounds at protesters on Monday. One of the protesters was hit in the chest or abdomen by a live bullet fired at point-blank range by a uniformed police officer, resulting in immediate public outrage and even more energetic protests.
Residents of the Hong Kong district of Tuen Mun on Monday held a demonstration outside police headquarters to protest weird odors emanating from the facility and making people sick. The odors were thought to be a product of tear gas testing. When the crowd of unhappy residents allegedly committed acts of vandalism, the police responded by spraying them with tear gas.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s first move since returning from a trip to Beijing was to ban individuals from wearing face coverings on Friday, including both masks and face paint.
PARIS (AP) — Yellow vest protests are taking place in France’s main cities for the 24th consecutive week to challenge economic policies that President Emmanuel Macron stood by while unveiling measures intended to quell the anti-government movement.
An 80-year-old woman has died after she was hit in the face with tear gas grenade pellets during Yellow Vest protests in Marseille, France.
Caravan organizers allowed women and children to lead Sunday’s march on the border wall in San Ysidro, shortly before some tried to break through the barrier, according to at least one migrant.
Wednesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) discussed the situation at the border over the weekend where tear gas was used on migrants who were throwing objects at Border Patrol agents at the United States-Mexico border. While Rubio said he does not want
Senator Schatz quickly backpedaled on a stream of tweets about the use of tear gas against migrants attempting to penetrate the U.S. border.
“They were being rushed by some very tough people and they used tear gas,” Trump replied. “And here’s the bottom line: Nobody’s coming into our country unless they come in legally.”
Pro-migration activist groups bitterly denounced the U.S. government’s decision to use tear gas to break up a crowd of migrants who were trying to break through a border fence to get into the United States.
A 20-year-old Palestinian indicted Thursday on terror-related charges told Israeli investigators during his interrogation that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar paid his relatives to falsely tell the media that his baby cousin died of tear gas inhalation.
What kind of mother takes her baby to a conflict zone where rocks and bullets are flying and tear gas chokes the air?
A Gaza health official cast doubt Tuesday on initial claims that an 8-month-old baby died from Israeli tear gas fired during mass protests on the Gaza border with Israel.
Israeli border police dropped tear gas from a drone onto Palestinian protesters in Gaza on Friday, a police spokesman told AFP, acknowledging operational deployment of new technology.
BEIRUT – Lebanese security forces fired tear gas and water cannons on Sunday at demonstrators near the US embassy as they protested Washington’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
A man caught on video taking a pepper ball to his groin during an anti-Trump protest in Phoenix this week was arrested after he allegedly kicked a tear gas canister at police.
The Brazilian government has suspended sales of tear gas to Venezuela amid increasing police violence, Reuters has reported.
