‘Less-Lethal’ Weapons Still Can Kill
Pepper spray, tear gas, and rubber bullets are dangerous enough, but add inadequate police training and high tensions during protests, and less-lethal force is a recipe for disaster.
Leila Barghouty
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Leila Barghouty is a journalist and filmmaker based in New York City covering law enforcement, detention, and military. She has investigated police bias with the Open Policing Project for several years, and regularly reports on the military tribunals of alleged Al Qaeda combatants from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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