Yeah, I saw the video. But the thing is, the fresh CS is not lemon-fresh goodness, and they're using the rancid old stuff. Fixating on the expired CS (which if anything gets weaker) just detracts from the fact that the police is filling neighborhoods with noxious poison
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But it hit some deep psychological vein of "the police is not playing by the rules and do not care about our safety" and now it is the only thing people will remember about the 2019 protests a century from now. They used expired tear gas!
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Why you say it gets weaker? From what I understand (I did not verify but it sounds plausible) in the expired one the “mixture” separates into single components which are more toxic than the mixture
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I think the claim is that the meter is measuring HCN, and the caption writer (and possibly translator) got confused. The more general context is a widespread belief in Hong Kong that CS canisters past their expiration date are somehow more toxic; this is meant to be "proof"
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