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"Projectiles that release powder designed to burn the eyes and throat.
Flashbang grenades. Teargas. Launchers that resemble semi-automatic rifles.
Often dubbed “less lethal”, these weapons can cause serious injuries or even
death if misused – but they are deployed by police against crowds in Australia
with little scrutiny.
“All of these weapons can kill people,” says Rohini Haar, a medical adviser at
Physicians for Human Rights who has researched their health impacts on
protesters around the world.
Haar says there is “almost zero” regulation globally of the industry that
produces these weapons. In Australia, there are no nationally enforced
standards for their use. In some states, police go to great lengths not to
share what weapons they have or how they’re used."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
