Tear gas clouds in Oakland, US, 2012. Credit: Steve Rhodes, Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/6783797983
Tear gas clouds in Oakland, US, 2012. Credit: Steve Rhodes, Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ari/6783797983
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Time to end police misuse of tear gas

Omega urges the Chemical Weapons Convention States Parties to address misuse of riot control agents in law enforcement

Statement delivered on behalf of the Omega Research Foundation and Bradford University at the 21st Conference of States Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, highlighting the current serious misuse of riot control agents by law enforcement officials, and warning of the development and promotion of inappropriate “wide area” RCA dispersal mechanisms. 

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