SEN. MARKEY DECLARES POLICE MUST GET RID OF ALL “WEAPONS OF WAR”
Sen. Ed Markey said Monday that U.S. police officers must uniformly be disarmed of “weapons of war,” which according to the senator, include “tear gas, rubber and plastic bullets, and bean bag rounds.” Portland Democratic Mayor Ted Wheeler recently issued a ban on the troubled city’s police department from using CS gas (also called tear gas) on demonstrators. … Continued