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. https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2026/01/27/less-lethal-weapons-guide/?utm_source=mastodon
@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.
https://wellcomecollection.org/stories/tracing-the-toxic-story-of-tear-gas
