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ANOTHER STORY YOU'RE SEEING
FIRST HERE.4@
FIRST HERE.4@ TONIGHT, WE HAVE OBTAINED
ORDERS THAT SHOW DC POLICE
SPENT MORE THAN $100,000 ON
TEARGAS CANISTERS AND OTHER SO-
CALLED LESS LETHAL AMMUNITION
BACK IN MAY AND JUNE, THE DC
CANCELED BAND MPD FROM USING
TEARGAS IN JULY AND THE BAN
COULD BE4@ EXTENDED.
IF THAT HAPPENS, WHAT COULD
THAT MEAN FOR THE PURCHASE?
HERE IS OUR 4@INVESTIGATIVE
REPORTER.
REPORTER.
REPORTER. >> Reporter: LUNGS RAW FROM
COUGHING.4@
COUGHING.4@ SCRATCHY4@ EYES FILLED WITH TEA@
>> THE POLICE OFFICER SHOT IN
THE FACE?
THE FACE?
THE FACE? >> Reporter: 20 MINUTES BEFORE
FEDERAL POLICE USED TO TEARGAS
CANISTERS AND GRENADES TO CLEAR
PROTESTERS IN LAFAYETTE SQUARE
PARK,
PARK,
PARK, >>
PARK, >> DC METROPOLITAN POLICE
DEPARTMENT WAS BUYING THE SAME
TYPES OF CANISTERS AND
GRENADES.
GRENADES.
GRENADES. MPD ADMITS TO PURCHASING AND
RECEIVING THEM IN WRITTEN
STATEMENTS TO WUSA9.
THE INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
WORKSHOP GOT THESE PURCHASE
ORDERS THROUGH A DC PUBLIC
RECORDS REQUEST, WUSA9
INDEPENDENTLY MATC4@HED THE
DOLLAR FIGURES AND THE VENDOR
ATLANTIC TACTICAL, THROUGH 4@DC
OFFICE OF CONTRACT AND
PROCUREMENT.
PROCUREMENT. THE PAPER SHOWS MPD PURCHASED
OC NATURAL TEARGAS SKAT SHELLS,
IDENTICAL TO WHAT WE FOUND.4@
THE ORDER ALSO 4@CONTAINS
ARTIFICIAL TEARGAS SKAT SHELLS,
IDENTICAL TO THIS CONTAINER.
THIS PARTICULAR MUNITIONS
CAUGHT OUR EYE BECAUSE THEY
AFFECT 4@MORE PEOPLE AT FURTHER
RANGE THAN THE PEPPER SPRAY GAS
CANISTERS, AND FLASH BANG
GRENADES WE WITNESSED MPD USE
THOSE MAN VIEW DAYS.
4@ ALSO ORDERED, GRENADES,
IDENTICAL TOLL TO THIS WHICH
EXPLODE RIVER PELLETS AT HIGH
SPEEDS.
SPEEDS.
SPEEDS. THE PURCHASE ORDERS SHOW A
TOTAL OF $130,000 PAID TO
ATLANTIC TACTICAL COMPANY FOR
SO-CALLED LESS LETHAL MUNITIONS
AND TRAINING KITS ON 4@JUNE 1st
AND JUNE 5th.
IMAGES AND SOUNDS LIKE THESE
FROM LAFAYETTE SQUARE PARK
CAUSED BY FEDERAL POLICE PRESS
DC COUNCIL MEMBERS TO TAKE
ACTION.
ACTION.
ACTION. EACH SCHEDULED THURSDAY TO
DEBATE RENEWING ITS JULY BAN ON
MPD USING CHEMICAL IRRITANTS ON
PROTESTERS, THOSE WOULD INCLUDE
THE ITEMS MPD PU4@RCHASED.
COMMITTEE CHAIR CHARLES ALLEN
SAYS TEARGAS MUST NEVER BE USED
ON PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, BUT
ADDS HE WANTS TO HEAR MORE FROM
MPD.
MPD.
MPD. >>
MPD. >> LET'S SAY FOR EXAMPLE THAT
WE HAVE A WHITE SUPREMACIST
RALLY THAT COMES IN AND THEY
TURNED VIOLENT AND THEY START
ATTACKING PEOPLE, WHAT TYPE OF @
TOOLS WOULD WE WANT MPD TO BE
ABLE TO USE TO BE ABLE TO
RESPOND TO THAT?
THOSE ARE 4@QUESTI4@ONS THAT
WARRANT A HEARING.
>> Reporter: DC POLICE RELEASED
A STATEMENT, THE JUNE PURCHASE
REFLECTS BOTH THE INCREASED
OCCURRENCE OF RIOTING SO FAR
THIS YEAR AS WELL AS GENERAL
PREPARATIONS FOR POSSIBLE CIVIL
DISSERVICE FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR.
YEAR.
YEAR. THE
YEAR. THE DEPARTMENT IS COMMITTED TO
WORKING TO SAFEGUARD THE CITY
DURING RIOTS BY HAVING
AVAILABLE TO OFFICERS, LESS
LETHAL TOOLS TO DEPLOY TO SPURS
WRITERS.
WRITERS.
WRITERS. SOME QUESTIONS WE ASKED THAT
MPD DID NOT ANSWER,4@4@ DID MPD
EVER HAVE THE SPECIFIC TYPE OF
TEARGAS IN THEIR ARSENAL?
OR IS THIS A NEW TYPE OF
PURCHASE FOR THEM?
AND WHAT DOES MPD PLAN TO DO
WITH MORE THAN $14@00,000 OF
TAXPAYER-FUNDED TEARGAS IF DC'S
COUNSEL'S BAND ON USING IT
HOLDS?
HOLDS?
HOLDS? MPD ALREADY FACES A LAWSUIT4@,
PROTESTERS ON ITS ROLE IN
PUSHING PROTESTERS OFF DC
STREETS JUNE 1st.
TH4@E DEPARTMENT DECLINED TO
COMMENT ON THE LAWSUIT OTHER
THAN SAYING THAT IT DID NOT
TAKE PART IN THE FEDERAL POLICE
ACTION THAT DAY.
DC COUNCIL WILL SCHEDULE A
MEETING TOMORROW MORNING AT
9:00, TO TALK 4@ABOUT MPD'S USE
OF TEARGAS, WE HAVE A LINK SO
YOU CAN ATTEND THAT VIRTUAL