<story><title>The business of tear gas</title><url>https://www.axios.com/companies-produce-tear-gas-protests-58051fa3-8ac2-4fa7-817f-8cda0af1a14d.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ohlookabird</author><text>There are so many countries around the world that do fine without the violence, brutality and military gear the US forces use. I could not imagine images like the ones I see now in the US in countries like Germany, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, … All use better tactics and seem to be able to handle even large crowds without shooting and explosives. They normally try to DE-escalate (unlike in the US).&lt;p&gt;But if I read the basic police training in the US is 6 month or less and even hair cutters need more training, this ship seems to have sailed until better training is in place. I am really shocked about what is going on in the US.</text></item><item><author>monoclechris</author><text>Do you have a better solution? Perhaps you should bring it to market.</text></item><item><author>geogra4</author><text>Right - that seems horribly wrong. It shouldn&amp;#x27;t be allowed for law enforcement either.</text></item><item><author>oicu812</author><text>The article states, &amp;quot;It also lives in a legal gray zone, due to international treaties that allow it to be used in domestic law enforcement but not in war.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>splitrocket</author><text>Tear gas is a chemical weapon and as such is banned in war according to the Geneva Conventions.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;morning-mix&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;tear-gas-is-a-chemical-weapon-banned-in-war-but-ferguson-police-shoot-it-at-protesters&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;morning-mix&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;1...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>refurb</author><text>Do a google search for German police brutality on YouTube.[1]  The German cops have a reputation for getting physical with protestors.&lt;p&gt;[1]&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=SyrCiq_pQuo&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.youtube.com&amp;#x2F;watch?v=SyrCiq_pQuo&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>The business of tear gas</title><url>https://www.axios.com/companies-produce-tear-gas-protests-58051fa3-8ac2-4fa7-817f-8cda0af1a14d.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ohlookabird</author><text>There are so many countries around the world that do fine without the violence, brutality and military gear the US forces use. I could not imagine images like the ones I see now in the US in countries like Germany, Denmark, Austria, Sweden, … All use better tactics and seem to be able to handle even large crowds without shooting and explosives. They normally try to DE-escalate (unlike in the US).&lt;p&gt;But if I read the basic police training in the US is 6 month or less and even hair cutters need more training, this ship seems to have sailed until better training is in place. I am really shocked about what is going on in the US.</text></item><item><author>monoclechris</author><text>Do you have a better solution? Perhaps you should bring it to market.</text></item><item><author>geogra4</author><text>Right - that seems horribly wrong. It shouldn&amp;#x27;t be allowed for law enforcement either.</text></item><item><author>oicu812</author><text>The article states, &amp;quot;It also lives in a legal gray zone, due to international treaties that allow it to be used in domestic law enforcement but not in war.&amp;quot;</text></item><item><author>splitrocket</author><text>Tear gas is a chemical weapon and as such is banned in war according to the Geneva Conventions.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;morning-mix&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;14&amp;#x2F;tear-gas-is-a-chemical-weapon-banned-in-war-but-ferguson-police-shoot-it-at-protesters&amp;#x2F;&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.washingtonpost.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;morning-mix&amp;#x2F;wp&amp;#x2F;2014&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;1...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>syshum</author><text>If the US Police was not militarized and&amp;#x2F;or had proper disciplinary procedures for officers there would not be any protests right now for them to have to deescalate&lt;p&gt;Honestly is not the training (or lack there of) that is the problem,  it is lack of accountability, the lack of transparency, and the Military Tactics&amp;#x2F;Gear&amp;#x2F;Structure that are the problem</text></comment>