Still honestly baffles me that police can get away in public with saying like "these kids were up to something NEFARIOUS they were carrying GAS MASKS"
motherfucker, who was carrying the gas?
If you even attempt to resist/mitigate police violence they point at it as an example of your own violence. Police are weak cowards who need a shit ton of gear to protect against "scary" nonviolent protestors.
Do I have some obligation, as a citizen, to *let myself be doused with tear gas* or something? Am I a criminal if I don't meekly stand by and let a cop crack my skull open with a rubber bullet? what the fuck, man
And also:
THEY'RE CHEAPER THAN PAINT MASKS and work better!
So like... art students working with toxic chemicals all day long for sculpture and paints and mixing and such?
Chemistry students?
A full face gas mask fits better than a separate splash shield + rebreather. Especially w/ glasses!
Like maybe they wouldn't need to carry gas masks if it wasn't legal for cops to gas them for the slightest infraction, let alone exercising their right to protest.