Putting aside weather tear gas was appropriate to use at the border, this article in the Washington Post makes a false equivalence. Tear gas is allowed for use in domestic riot control and SWAT raids because it is a "less lethal" alternative to lethal force. The point is to use something instead of bullets. Many "less lethal" tools used by law enforcement (tasers, flash-bang grenades, etc.) CAN be lethal, but are preferable to force designed to be lethal.
A false equivalence on tear gas
A false equivalence on tear gas
A false equivalence on tear gas
Putting aside weather tear gas was appropriate to use at the border, this article in the Washington Post makes a false equivalence. Tear gas is allowed for use in domestic riot control and SWAT raids because it is a "less lethal" alternative to lethal force. The point is to use something instead of bullets. Many "less lethal" tools used by law enforcement (tasers, flash-bang grenades, etc.) CAN be lethal, but are preferable to force designed to be lethal.