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> Within a timeframe of only three hours, between 21:00 and 0:00 that night, the PPB used at least 148 munitions (of which 138 were likely chemical munitions).
by l3mure 3y ago
> Within a timeframe of only three hours, between 21:00 and 0:00 that night, the PPB used at least 148 munitions (of which 138 were likely chemical munitions). With our model, we are able to show that these munitions caused airborne chemical concentration levels to exceed the 2mg/m³ threshold beyond which exposure is ‘immediately dangerous to life and health’ (IDLH), as defined by federal US agencies (specifically the US Department of Labor’s Operational Safety and Health Administration). According to their own internal documents, the PPB is aware of these established IDLH thresholds and the ‘severe risks’ caused by exposing civilians to ‘high concentrations’ of such chemical agents—yet these regulations appear to have been actively ignored by the PPB officers on duty.
Portland residents have the dubious honor of joining the ranks of US citizens subjected to chemical and biological weapons by their own government.
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> As the decades of the criminal malpractice involved in the Tuskegee syphilis experiments dragged on, the U.S. government continued to treat citizens as guinea pigs: the Cold War era saw scientific trials that involved injecting unwitting U.S. citizens with plutonium, and dousing San Francisco (and many other places) with test sprays of bacterial bioweapons. In 1952, the first open-air atomic fallout studies began in Minneapolis, just as construction was getting underway on Pruitt-Igoe. “Army researchers,” Martino-Taylor writes, “would release and then measure ‘cloud travel’ of the material and engage in ‘penetration studies’ inside residences and buildings such as the aging brick structure that was Clinton Elementary School in Minneapolis.”
[1] https://proteanmag.com/2022/11/28/pruitt-igoe-a-black-community-under-the-atomic-cloud/ https://proteanmag.com/2022/11/28/pruitt-igoe-a-black-commun...
- UncleEntity 3y ago> Portland residents have the dubious honor of joining the ranks of US citizens subjected to chemical and biological weapons by their own government. During one of the BLM protests in downtown Phoenix they used tear-gas on the protesters because they decided to try to stop traffic on the I-10 and the police said “nope”. I was watching the whole thing from a live camera on one of the newscopters and as soon as they started popping CS grenades I had to go check it out. Hadn’t smelled CS since I gotten out of the military and never thought I’d see people getting gassed down the end of my street. In all honesty the police were pretty chill until they decided to try to shut down a major US interstate then they drew a line and held it. The police helicopter was telling people to disperse for quite a while (which is how I found out about it because I heard the commotion) before they started gassing people. I do know that the amount of CS the police deployed was nothing compared to what the army would hit us with every so often.
- flangola7 3y agoI was out there, helping people who were exposed and such. Protip, N95 masks and dust goggles aren't perfect but they do help, tear gas is actually a powder. Another tip, gas canisters become very hot, so it's important to have some kind of high temp glove when neutralizing them or tossing them back.
- nickphx 3y agoProtip, tossing them back could be considered assault and will more than likely result in a barrage of similar munitions being sent your way.
- flangola7 3y agoThis comment is really not helpful or productive. The Brits really didn't like it when we dumped their property off a ship and into the harbor. It did invite "more projectiles" and imprisonment. I'm not sure what your point is.
- slaw 3y agoPolice doing their job was very rare during BLM riots.