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Apparently both rubber bullets and pepper spray can be lethal/cause serious harm. Are there any safer methods for the police to use? I am not arguing if or whe
by chr1 6y ago
Apparently both rubber bullets and pepper spray can be lethal/cause serious harm. Are there any safer methods for the police to use? I am not arguing if or when police should be able to use such methods, but having safer methods seems like something that would benefit both police and protesters.
The only thing that looks promising from the list on wikipedia seems to be scent based weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_weapon#Scent-based_weapons https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-lethal_weapon#Scent-based_.... Some sort of sleeping gas would work too, but there doesn't seem to be any safe and effective version.
- CamJN 6y agoThis has a very low chance of hurting the target: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-pacific-38534288/wrapping-people-in-futons-how-the-japanese-police-confront-violence https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-asia-pacific-38534288/wrap... However, hurting the target is very much the goal of police in north america.
- aerostable_slug 6y agoThe futon technique doesn't work for containing riots. Fun fact: the Japanese police are known for not being afraid to give rioters a bit of "stick time" if they don't obey orders. Also, you're painting with a pretty broad brush when it comes to NA police, but I suspect you know that.