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  2. Tear gas - Wikipedia

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    Tear gas in use in France 2007 Exploded tear gas canister in the air in Greece. Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears.

  3. GLI-F4 grenade - Wikipedia

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    The GLI-F4 instant tear gas grenade (or SAE 810 instant tear gas grenade) is an explosive tear gas grenade, manufactured by the company Alsetex. The GLI-F4 has been used in France for law enforcement since 2011. It has caused several cases of mutilation. [1]

  4. Condor Tecnologias Não-Letais - Wikipedia

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    Condor Não-Letal or Condor Tecnologias Não-Letais, is a Brazilian company of the war industry, defense, pyrotechnics and non-lethal weaponry. [1] Its portfolio includes several non-lethal products such as rubber bullets, tear gas grenades, impact and morale grenades, tear gas grenade launchers, disabling electroshock devices, and pyrotechnics for signaling and rescue.

  5. Two companies dominate the tear gas industry. Their profits ...

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    Plumes of tear gas became a common sight last month as police tried to control largely peaceful demonstrations swelling across the country after the killing of George Floyd while in police custody ...

  6. Combined Systems, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    Combined Tactical Systems tear gas made in U.S.A. Combined Systems, Inc. is a U.S.-based company (often marketed and produced under the brand name Combined Tactical Systems (CTS)), [1] specializing in the manufacture of military and police equipment such as tear gas canisters, flash grenades, breaching munitions, and handcuffs.

  7. RWGŁ-3 - Wikipedia

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    The RWGŁ-3 (Polish: Ręczna Wyrzutnia Granatów Łzawiących 3) is a non-lethal police rifle grenade launcher used to dispense tear gas, developed in the 1970s by a group of engineers from the Polish state-owned research institute OBR Radom with the purpose to quell protests against the communist government.

  8. List of uses of CS gas by country - Wikipedia

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    CS tear gas was used at the G8 protests in Genoa, Italy [76] and Quebec City, Canada [77] during the FTAA anti-globalization demonstrations during the Quebec City Summit of the Americas. The Malaysia Federal Reserve Unit has also been known to use CS tear gas against its citizens who rallied for clean and fair elections under what were called ...

  9. CDCR sues to restore punishment for prison guard who used ...

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    CDCR sues to restore punishment for prison guard who used tear gas on 2 inmates. ... one guard threw a tear gas grenade at them. Of six guards on the scene at the time of the incident, only that ...