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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      New piece. Tear gas is dangerous. It's not effective for crowd control; rather, it's a means to "dominate" and punish. It cuts off people's breath. Now, in a pandemic, it endangers people out in the streets because George Floyd wasn't allowed to breathe. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/i-cant-breathe-using-tear-gas-during-pandemic/612673/ …pic.twitter.com/aW0Frjubp1

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    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Albert Pinto

      The authorities are using excessive amounts of tear gas in a pandemic for a respiratory disease, and then detaining people in crowded jails. Tear gas is dangerous normally; now it's much more so. And it's never been an effective tool for crowd control.https://twitter.com/70sBachchan/status/1268582829195243520 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      Albert Pinto @70sBachchan
      "Tear gas is a major irritant to one’s throat, nose, and lungs, the very places the coronavirus attaches in order to start its silent invasion" Tear gas & police tactics of kettling protestors on streets, shoving into buses & jails is dangerous. ht @zeynep https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/i-cant-breathe-using-tear-gas-during-pandemic/612673/ … pic.twitter.com/71f2bvCvkU
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    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted K i m b e r l y K i n c h e n is #TransitTrekking

      Yes, this happened to the entire city of Hong Kong. There was so much tear gas use that entire neighborhoods were submerged under the toxic cloud. People were putting gas masks on their pets (yes, pets were getting sick from the tear gas).https://twitter.com/SheRidesABike/status/1268580445437833216 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      K i m b e r l y K i n c h e n is #TransitTrekking @SheRidesABike
      Replying to @eod_medic @zeynep @jonst0kes
      Cops gassed in Seattle entire neighborhoods of people most of whom didn’t attend protests but were simply occupying their own apartments. And btw the only riots I saw were cops overreacting to a very occasional plastic water bottle despite being decked out in protective gear.
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    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted حفظ المراتع

      Yeah, that video is something.https://twitter.com/pasturespolitic/status/1268603388046053376 …

      zeynep tufekci added,

      حفظ المراتع @PasturesPolitic
      This video is from Istanbul in 2013, and I saw it in an article @zeynep just published on tear gas and the nature of protests and activism. The demonstrators are chanting "Tear gas, olé!" and seem damn near immune to it. Goals https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IfzHnRpIhW0 …
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    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted Nathan Baca

      And that whole “Umm, well, we just used gas-like stuff that produce tears, not tear gas, right outside the White House” defense doesn’t seem to be going to well. 🙄https://twitter.com/nathanbacatv/status/1268546711452094464 …

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      Nathan BacaVerified account @NathanBacaTV
      Breaking: police canisters gathered by @wusa9 crews Monday night show federal police DID use artificial CS tear gas in addition to natural OC gas on #BlackLivesMatter #WashingtonDCProtests Asking @usparkpolicepio & @realDonaldTrump for response on statements claiming otherwise. pic.twitter.com/ouFi8NWC2s
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    6. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      The policing we’re seeing isn’t about “crowd control.” It’s about what the president said: “domination.” We know this from decades of research, but you don’t need the research to understand how their aggression fuels the escalation. It’s plain to see now. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/06/i-cant-breathe-using-tear-gas-during-pandemic/612673/ …pic.twitter.com/3yIFQNCJpj

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      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 4 Jun 2020

      zeynep tufekci Retweeted T. Greg Doucette

      I mean, this whole thread. At number 232 here.https://twitter.com/greg_doucette/status/1268741931217149952 …

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      2️⃣8️⃣2️⃣ Buffalo, NY: casual attempted homicide, as police shove an elderly man until he falls and cracks his skull on the concrete pic.twitter.com/7sQOi0s4rQ
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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 5 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Peopledelphia

          Until this video emerged, the young man who was beaten senselessly by the police was arrested with the claim "he assaulted a police officer by pushing him off a bike, causing him to break a hand." A felony, probably. A ruined life. On camera. White guy.https://twitter.com/Peopledelphia/status/1267588991655784448 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          0:36
          Peopledelphia @Peopledelphia
          Philly police attempt to disperse crowd after hundreds mased/gassed on Parkway. This was @ 5:30 as curfew nears. Dude w/ white shirt provokes scuffle, shoves baton into civilian’s throat. #phillyprotest #blacklivesmatter #GeorgeFloydprotests #protests2020 pic.twitter.com/XDKOMbr0Sr
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        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 6 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Spinningrust Haditsday  🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

          I've been tweeting about shatterproof goggles from day one and wrote about them in my piece. This is sadly standard protest advice in countries with this kind of "policing": protesters should wear helmets (bike helmets are fine) and shatterproof goggles.https://twitter.com/bernardlyons/status/1269363843823800321 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Spinningrust Haditsday  🇮🇪 🇪🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @bernardlyons
          Replying to @zeynep
          I don’t understand why people are not wearing even basic eye pro. It’s been obvious for days now that heads are being deliberately targeted.
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        4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 17 Jun 2020

          zeynep tufekci Retweeted Todd Gitlin

          Widest deployment of tear gas in the United States in decades... in the middle of a pandemic for a deadly respiratory illness.https://twitter.com/toddgitlin/status/1273233423746740224 …

          zeynep tufekci added,

          Todd Gitlin @toddgitlin
          Tear gas all over. https://nyti.ms/2C6FPNv 
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        1. David‏ @Davidboro21Dave 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Domination is very effective when there is looting stealing and killing. Although most are peaceful but sadly they ruin it for all. May god bless the police.

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        2. Sijan Khan‏ @sijank524 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          What does the number represent?

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        3. Amy Hoy‏ @amyhoy 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @sijank524 @zeynep

          the number of the video… this is #282 in a thread of nothing but police brutality videos during these protests

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        1. taste the pizza‏ @taste_the_pizza 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          i don't get why protestors aren't showing up armed. armed protestors equals meek police. unarmed protestors are getting slaughtered every single day.

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        1. Fata Padgitt‏ @rhododendronfan 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          OMG. These people are animals. They've lost their humanity.

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        1. Emir Deniz‏ @Emirhdeniz 4 Jun 2020
          Replying to @zeynep

          Is he ok? What happened to him?

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        1. Ross Grayson, MPH, CIH‏ @EcoLogicalNet 5 Jun 2020
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          @threadreaderapp unroll

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