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I'm not well suited to organizing and have no twitter game but I just found out two out of three US tear gas manufacturers are in PA, including one in my county. State legislation or executive order by Gov. Tom Wolf might be easier to achieve than something national and slow or halt tear gas production quickly and take some time to start up elsewhere or meet resistance wherever they go and try and set up shop next. I feel like some public shame/pressure on being the source of tear gas might push Wolf or state leg. I made a petition (at least to get eyes on the issue), sent info to sympathetic local journalists, Pittsburgh TV "tiplines" and what few activist/organizers there are around here. Unfortunately, this is solid chud country and there aren't many local allies who have the will to actually make a stand and too few people in general to gather momentum. https://www.change.org/StopMakingTearGasInPA If there are helpful goons (PA or otherwise) that can spit it on twitter or other social media or are skilled at the petition game I'd welcome the assist. Even a complete rewrite if something else will be stronger. This seems like something small enough to get done that will have a big effect but I'm not sure what else to do (and stay peaceful) or know a media contact in the Pittsburgh area who would run with it. So anyway, if nothing else wonder in horror at the Oberdicks in that buzzfeed article https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosalindadams/tear-gas-hong-kong-made-in-usa And check out their toys (and production value) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JihMyeX8F3U http://nonlethaltechnologies.com/ Nonlethal Technologies (NLT on canisters) is a real shitshow that's had a slew of OSHA violations and burned/exploded a few times. The facility is out in the woods even more than most of western PA, so any protesting would literally be busing people in. Homer City, PA Ph: +1 724-479-5100 . Fax: +1 724-479-5105 . sales@nonlethaltechnologies.com https://www.combinedsystems.com/ Jamestown, PA Phone: 724-932-2177 . Fax: 724-932-2166 Combined Systems Inc (CTS on canisters -Combined Tactical Systems) This company is in an even more rural area. Some evidence that this company was the one contracted and used during Ferguson. Safariland is the third manufacturer in the US and they have ties to Western PA through a buyout of Federal Laboratories of Salsburg, PA which shuttered in the '90s. So from WWII-1990s all tear gas manufactured in the US was in the PA rust belt. COOL If there are any PA goons who have more progressive representation you can find their contact info: https://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/findyourlegislator/index.cfm  https://www.thomasnet.com/products/tear-gas-32867954-1.html Sabre in Fenton, Mo and a few other mom and pop death merchants around, apparently The Cut of Your Jib has issued a correction as of 11:02 on Jun 9, 2020 |
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Western PA here, thanks for posting this as I had no clue about it. I'll share it as best as I can. You could always look to submit a tip to the Tribune-Review (tips@triblive.com), although I've never done so myself.
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don’t forget Safariland is a major donor to Biden 2020 https://twitter.com/robletofire/status/1269997097497047040?s=21
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Not much luck with local media, but making some traction with county commissioners to make life difficult for NLT. Also have a few nibbles now with some cable tv level producers, so there's some momentum.  looking for photos of spent tear gas ammunition used in the US, specifically NonLethal Technologies, Inc. and CTS, since they're local to Pennsylvania and legislative action here can directly impact these companies. Any photos or tweets posted would be extremely helpful to sway local legislatorsFor reference, here's a fresh NLT canister from Haiti: https://twitter.com/nou_pap_domi/status/1280310991834710016 And a hand tossed CTS grenade recent from Portland https://twitter.com/chadloder/status/1279169470980710400
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https://twitter.com/oneduran/status/1267251422338387970 bonus scanner clip that indicates the pigs knew it was expired when they used it (probably not helpful for your purposes but gently caress 12) https://twitter.com/takeactionch/status/1266950052888674304
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The audio clip is good, expired CS tear gas breaks down into chlorine gas which is deadly and causes environmental issues. It's more evidence to present. Thanks
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And if any Pittsburgh/Western PA goons want to get involved then just post here and we'll work out contact (since I don't have PMs). The Cut of Your Jib has issued a correction as of 00:49 on Oct 25, 2020 |
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