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Topic: Tear gas

Federal officers walk through tear gas during a dispersal of about 300 protesters in front of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention building on August 26, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Protests continued for the 91st night in Portland as activist called for solidarity with rallies in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

HC smoke deployed during BLM protests

Laura Jedeed - Truthout
Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Federal law enforcement agencies attempt to intervene as protests continue in Portland. (Mason Trinca/Getty Images)

What Portland protesters were breathing

Matthew Rozsa
Portland police officers walk through clouds of smoke while dispersing a crowd from in front of the Multnomah County Sheriffs Office on August 22, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Hundreds of protesters clashed with police Saturday night following a rally in east Portland. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

When tear gas becomes a pollutant

Matthew Rozsa
Federal officers use tear gas and other crowd dispersal munitions on protesters outside the Multnomah County Justice Center on July 17, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Federal law enforcement agencies attempt to intervene as protests continue in Portland. (Mason Trinca/Getty Images)

Expired tear gas used on protesters

Matthew Rozsa
Attorney General William Barr (Getty Images)

Former officials demand probe into Barr

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Attorney General William Barr (Getty Images)

Barr gave the order to gas protesters

Roger Sollenberger
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump as they gather for the group photo at the start of the G20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Tear gas in the streets at G20

Vijay Prashad - Independent Media Institute
Three Honduran migrants huddle in the riverbank amid tear gas fired by U.S. agents on the Mexico-U.S. border after they and a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018 (AP/Ramon Espinosa)

Border violence: Trump's sick spectacle

Chauncey DeVega
Migrants run from tear gas launched by U.S. agents after a group of migrants got past Mexican police at the Chaparral crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018. (AP/Rodrigo Abd)

Fox News and Trump's border violence

Amanda Marcotte
Donald Trump; Mar-A-Lago (Getty/Gary Gershoff/Shutterstock)

Donald Trump's comedy Thanksgiving

Heather Digby Parton

Charlie May
(Euronews/screenshot)

Turmoil in St. Louis

Jim Salter, Jim Suhr
Law enforcement officers wait to advance Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014, after firing tear gas to disperse a crowd in Ferguson, Mo. (AP/Charlie Riedel)

Abbie Nehring - ProPublica
Parents of Michael Brown, Michael Brown Sr. and Lesley McSpadden (AP/Charlie Riedel)

America's new racial low point

Brittney Cooper

Brian Felsen
@ekizilkaya: “Police used tear gas near a labor union to stop #mayday demos reach Taksim Square. How much? This.” (Twitter/guventurks)

Anna Feigenbaum - Waging Nonviolence
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Natasha Lennard
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