L.A. City Council Rejects Proposal To Limit LAPD's Use of Tear Gas and '40mm Foam Launchers' ~ L.A. TACO Prior to June 8, the LAPD had not used tear gas in crowd-control settings in almost 50 years, an LAPD spokesperson told L.A. TACO.

wtf 🫢 I covered the #LAUprising (aka, the #RodneyKingCopTrial riots) in 1992 and even at its height, when residents marched, smashed windows, set fires, etc., #LAPD didn’t deploy tear gas lataco.com/city-council...