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Re:FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at th... by mnklo on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:50PM (#25707723)
Oh you must mean [the one holding the onion in her towel?](https://youtu.be/vcaJFGQHdnA)
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Re:FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at th... by Nursie on Saturday January 09, 2021 @08:58PM (#25707813)
Now you mention it, it does look like that!

WTF...

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Re:FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at th... by pengaru on Saturday January 09, 2021 @09:30PM (#25708193)
As someone else commented, this is apparently a known mitigation for diy tear gas/pepper spray relief.
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Re:FBI Seeking Information Related to Violent Activity at th... by tzs on Sunday January 10, 2021 @12:08PM (#25716746)
Yup. Here's an interesting article listing a bunch of things that assorted groups have used for this [1].

It's not clear that you should bring such a mitigation with you, though, as that might help make the case that what you were doing that got you gassed was premeditated, which can up the seriousness of what you might be charged with and the potential penalties.

[1] https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/tear-gas-guide/

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