Empirically from those same links, tear gas as a “riot” control agent works. It’s impossible not to see an obvious strategy of police provocation, hilariously

Empirically from those same links, tear gas as a “riot” control agent works. It’s impossible not to see an obvious strategy of police provocation, hilariously on display in [2], but tear gas as a tactic to disperse groups of people can’t seriously be argued not to work, as shown in that very same [2]. [0]: “...the protests largely ended the same way for days: with tear gas, rubber bullets and arrests.” [1]: “The vast majority of people began to disband, while some stayed behind to continue protesting.” [2]: “Minutes later, the march ended in chaos as the police lobbed flash-bang grenades and sprayed the protesters with tear gas and pepper spray.” [3]: focused on strategy [4]: ‘officers have met peaceful protesters...with disproportionate and brutal force, often for no reason but to “disperse” a crowd.’ [5]: focused on effects of tactics The people being dispersed won’t always be peacefully protesting injustice, and the police themselves won’t always be the subject at hand. I also specifically mentioned it as a tool for managing a riot in progress, not provoking the current protests occurring across the US.