Really quick, in case anyone else is protesting and needs last minute advice
Protest resources:
- Don’t touch your face if you are teargassed
- Run against the wind
- Don’t keep too much distance from the police – they can’t tear gas you if you’re too close
- Don’t rub your eyes or wash your face with water – use milk, coke, or alcohol
- If you can’t run, cover your face and breathe slowly
- Alcohol-based perfume or hairspray on a scarf counteracts teargas (source)
- How to escape zipties
- How to build a teargas mask
- Your rights as a protester and what to do if you are arrested
This is all I have at the moment please add more links if you have any and/or correct mine as needed. Be safe.
I’m really glad this post exists but it’s also horrifying the fact that it has to