Brooklyn Center bans police from using tear gas. And they used it 15 minutes later anyway

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https://www.insider.com/brooklyn-center-police-prohibited-tear-gas-then-broke-own-rules-2021-4


The Brooklyn Center police passed an ordinance banning tear gas and other crowd control tactics, but it was not long before they ended up breaking their own rules.

According to local media outlets, a resolution to limit police control tactics was passed in the city at around 8 p.m. on Monday. The ordinance restricted the use of tear gas and other chemicals by Brooklyn Center police officers, as well as rubber bullets, and called for limited violence with a ban on chokeholds.

Also restricted in the ordinance was "kettling" — a term used to describe the use of police lines to fence-in and arrest large numbers of people at once.

Minneapolis police are currently grappling with a fresh wave of protests after Daunte Wright, 20, was shot at a traffic stop on Sunday by officer Kimberly Potter.

Twitter videos posted just 15 minutes after the incident showed members of law enforcement deploying tear gas just 15 minutes after the resolution was passed— a clear violation of the ordinance.

Other videos on Twitter also showed multiple people being pepper-sprayed in another clear violation of the ban on chemical irritants.

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