Actually, for the Berkley Riots, they used CS tear gas. A fellow I know still has a canister from when he was there.
It's interesting to note that CS gas was also used in Vietnam to "smoke out" VC hiding in tunnels and that it caused more than a few deaths in the process. It's also unofficially referred to as vomit gas because of the violent reaction it can cause. It's been pretty much banned due to this and other health reasons such as causing severe respiratory damage like 3rd degree burns in the lungs. For a while CN gas (Mace) was the preferred replacement, but now it's peppergas (OC) or a combination of CN+OC. And if I'm slightly off on that it's because I'm recalling most of it from 13 years ago. And I've been hit by them, and can say that it is all entirely unpleasant. Oh, and nobody carries a briefcase anymore. ;) -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Braver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:54 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Chicago stampede > > > Umm, no. > 1969, Berkeley, CA - People's Park "riots". > Clouds of pepper spray covering entire blocks, dispensed by > National Guard. > Not fun. > > Had stayed o'night at girlfriend's place, was walking to bus stop to go to > work, > got in wrong place at wrong time. > > Hint: if ya ever go to a demonstration, be wearing a suit and tie > and carrying > a briefcase. Guardsman came running over to me with wet hankie and > canteen to help relieve symptoms, even though I was just on outskirts. > Funny, they didn't do that for the protestors... > > -Ben > > > At 03:47 PM 2/17/03 -0400, you wrote: > >Hmm..haven't really seen pepper spray in action..but I always thought it > >was a single targeted burst against one attacker.... > > > >They'd have to be stupid to just..spray it wildly. > > > >-Gel > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >Something tells me 1500 was more than max capacity. I could be wrong. > > > >Plus, $6 per hour rent a cops should know that you do not spray pepper > >spray or mace into a crowd of people. $7 per hour rent a cop would have > > > >used brut force... ;-) > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
