In Seattle during the BLM riots, the police launched tear gas canisters, calling them "less-than-lethal force."
The protesters who picked them up and threw them back got charged with Assault With a Deadly Weapon.
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The very first thing these morons did in my city was shoot a pastor in the face with a pepper ball, at damn near point blank.
Is the assailant peeing his pants?
I think he just jizzed himself
Found a slightly earlier picture and I think he indeed did piss himself.
I still see the pee pee
To be fair, a dragon showed up. That’s pretty scary.
That’s not a pepper ball gun, that a tear gas launcher. He took a tear gas canister to the face.
Whatever it was, I’m reasonably sure that you’re not supposed to shoot the clergy in the face with it from 5 feet away.
I hear those canisters are very hot and will burn you
Did that guy piss himself while shooting the pastor? ICE really has the best and brightest.
Yeah, this was when ICE deployed to the Bay Area a few weeks ago. Then they pulled out. I imagine the tech oligarchs pulled some strings.
In other terms, war crimes
There is no war, so just crimes
These fucks are going to be at every polling site come 2026/2028. Make sure to make it very clear to them that their treasonous behavior won't be forgotten.
I'm reminded of the riot police taping ball bearings to flashbangs during the Ukrainian Revolution
They don't even need to modify the weapons; just shoot at peoples heads with weapons not meant for that
Feds paid $8 million after shooting a man in the head in Portland with a less lethal round. It was a brutal brain injury for a peaceful protester.