The toxic chemical’s origins, from WWI to today’s protests across the country.

Featuring

Roberto Daza (@rsdaza)

Anna Feigenbaum (@drfigtree)

Links to resources discussed:

The Protests in Minneapolis (Vice News)

The disturbing history of how tear gas became the weapon of choice against protesters 

Tear Gas: From the Battlefields of World War I to the Streets of Today 

Host:

Arielle Duhaime-Ross (@adrs), host and lead reporter of Reset

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