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Amid escalating tensions in American cities, the Department of Homeland Security is equipping itself with tear gas and gas masks for crowd control. Here's a look at the motivations behind these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. I was tear gassed by the government for the first time in July 2020 at one of the many Black Lives Matter protests that broke out ...