Seattle mayor bans 1 type of tear gas amid protests

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The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of one type of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George Floyd.

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Eric Garner’s daughter discusses the death of George Floyd and demonstrations across the country.SEATTLE -- The Seattle mayor has banned the police use of one form of tear gas as protests continue in the city and nationally over the killing of George Floyd.

During that time, the Community Police Commission, the Office of Police Accountability and the Office of Inspector General for Public Safety will review and update crowd control policies, including the use of pepper spray and deadly force techniques such as neck and choke holds, Best said. She and the mayor added that the ban could be extended if groups need more time for policy review.

Best said that rocks and bottles were thrown at officers during protests Thursday night but officers showed restraint. One officer was taken to a hospital for treatment after he was hit by an object, she added. The Seattle area’s largest labor group also said this week it will expel the Seattle Police Officers Guild later this month unless the union admits that racism is a problem in law enforcement and agrees to address that problem in negotiating its next contract with the city.

Seattle Police Officers Guild President Mike Solan declined to comment Thursday to The Seattle Times. In tweets Thursday, the police union thanked people for increasingly peaceful protests and said officers and protesters are part of the same community “and there are people with loved ones, frustrations and hope for the future on both sides of the line.”

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What about the choke hold, or any method that cuts off someones airway? That would also be more humane.

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Great job. Now ban all types.

Did the court ban the looters from destroying businesses and attacking the police too? 🤷🏼

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The police need to develop a gas that makes the protesters high AF and makes them want to go to Jack In The Box.

That is not enough! Do more against this PoliceBrutalityPandemic in your state! SeattlePD CityofSeattle MayorJenny did you not see how they manhandled that woman on her bike? What did you do about that?! BLACKLIVESMATTER RISEUPFORCHANGE

Police officers should go on strike until protesters are done!

Ban them all!

Can't wait to see when the cops say enough is enough and walk of the job.

It’s a start but not enough.

there's more one type of tear gas?

Did you get the protesters to agree to stop throwing bottles of urine LOL

Saw yesterday from folks monitoring the scanners that they actually had run out. This might not be as admirable as they would like you to think.

What you see here is a larping crisis actor. The cops barely pushed the man but he fell to the ground fast. And he is using fake blood. People gone mad on both sides, also because of 5G radiation. Read the banned 5G article here: Share and follow

Problem solved

What the police should do is abandon the streets completely and wait for the population to beg them to enforce the law.... this will demonstrate how valuable they really are

I’m just curious do the animals throwing bricks need to use softer bricks as well ?

These protests are hypocritical as there were no protests or riots after a white woman named Ricky Ellsworth was killed by a black police officer in the same state. Rawmaish

Lol. Literally their job is going to become, “hey guys, just sit back and watch the city burn. We’ll just let the taxpayers pick up the bill cause money is made up anyways”

There are many types, so was it really banned?

Nobody respects a weak leader. SeattleProtest MinneapolisRiot

They need to ban choke holds

the mayor can do better than this

How did we go from Eisenhower to realDonaldTrump? This is like going from the days of mobile phones and emails to mailman on horseback! This whole thing is backwards!

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