PepperBall guns, tasers and tear gas are among the weapons recently deployed against protesters in the US. In a new guide, Bellingcat weapons expert Trevor Ball details some of the “less-lethal” equipment federal agents have carried during the current immigration raids and how you can identify them. bellingcat.com/resources/2026/…
Guide: The ‘Less-Lethal’ Weapons Used by the DHS
Tear gas and PepperBall guns are among the weapons ICE and Border Patrol agents have been seen with at nationwide raids and protests related to immigration.Trevor Ball (bellingcat)
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in reply to Bellingcat • • •not sure if this is in response to me asking about #teargas used by #DHS, but you did not address my core question: is #HC (#Hexachloroethane) a #chemicalweapon as per international convention?
The Wellcome Trust & Forensic Architecture who are not #information amateurs state that it is. Not only that, but that it "is a suspected human carcinogen that inhibits functions of the central nervous system" directly contradicting your claim it's "just" toxic.
wellcomecollection.org/stories…
Tracing the toxic story of tear gas
Wellcome Collection