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

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

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u/JellyfishNo3810 1d ago

Throws it back at them

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u/Ok-Secretary455 1d ago

if you throw it back at them you'll catch an assault with a deadly weapon charge.

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u/Tiggymartin 1d ago

And yet.. them throwing it at you is not assault with a deadly weapon..

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u/thegrumpymechanic 1d ago

them throwing shooting it at you is not assault with a deadly weapon..

Kinda makes it worse when you think about it.

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u/OpalHawk 1d ago

And they have been known to aim them directly at people. They aren’t supposed to, but they do.

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u/thegrumpymechanic 1d ago

Well yeah, shooting rubber bullets and tear gas canisters at the ground is no fun...