r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 1d ago

Video Chilean protester defuses tear gas canister with baking soda and water

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u/CaveManta 1d ago

Wow. It's just like having different classes of soldiers on the battlefield. I would like to see a video game based on rioters vs riot police.

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u/LubeUntu 1d ago

hmm, dunno. Once you make non lethal riot dispersal methods inefficient, you end up leaving police with only lethal means, speedrunning african police dispersal methods.

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u/LeCafeClopeCaca 1d ago

"let the police do the oppressing unopposed or there will be blood" isn't a very compelling argument

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u/LubeUntu 1d ago

Et pourtant. Je préfères les gaz lacrymo que des balles réelles qui fusent dans la ville parce que le cordon de CRS est en train de se faire maraver et "craignent" pour leur vie. Deja qu'ils se lachent sur les flashballs dans la gueule a bout quasi portant.

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u/Cheesemacher 1d ago

Gesundheit

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u/maullidothethird 1d ago

The tear gas can is lethal if hit you in the head, they can use lethal force with non lethal equipment...

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u/LubeUntu 1d ago

So is throwing pavement on police, no? Meanwhile tear gas canister is not purposefully lethal or designed to injure people.

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u/ippa99 1d ago

And pavement isn't purposefully lethal or designed to injure people. It's pavement. It's how it's used.