Four people were killed yesterday. The ACLED estimates 11 deaths over 20,000 protests last summer, plus 14 in associated violence; just one of the killings, of a heavily armed and body-armored man, was by law enforcement. ( https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/31/americans-killed-protests-political-unrest-acled) https://twitter.com/cspan/status/1347272949284425728
It is not a good use of time to litigate that one violent protest was better or worse than another - I don't want to do it, and I have no idea why Biden and Harris are doing it.
In a survey of its members, the Major City Chiefs Association found that departments used tear gas less than 2 percent of the time. Many departments did not report a single usage. As others have noted, tear gas was obviously and reasonably used yesterday.

https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/mcca_report_on_the_2020_protest_and_civil_unrest.pdf
In a survey of its members, the Major City Chiefs Association found that departments used tear gas less than 2 percent of the time. Many departments did not report a single usage. As others have noted, tear gas was obviously and reasonably used yesterday. https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/mcca_report_on_the_2020_protest_and_civil_unrest.pdf
In a survey of its members, the Major City Chiefs Association found that departments used tear gas less than 2 percent of the time. Many departments did not report a single usage. As others have noted, tear gas was obviously and reasonably used yesterday. https://www.majorcitieschiefs.com/pdf/news/mcca_report_on_the_2020_protest_and_civil_unrest.pdf
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