CHICAGO - Another U.S. senator has joined a chorus against Pennsylvania-based NonLethal Technologies Inc for selling riot gear to Hong Kong that is being used against pro-democracy protesters.
In one photo that has been widely shared on social media, NonLethal’s name is stamped on the casing of a spent tear gas canister. They followed up their letter with a bipartisan bill in the House of Representatives last month, which seeks to prohibit commercial exports of certain nonlethal crowd control items and defense articles and services to the city. If passed, the ban would take effect within 30 days.
The protests have plunged the city, an Asian financial hub, into its worst crisis since it returned to Chinese rule in 1997, posing the biggest popular challenge to Chinese President Xi Jinping since he came to power in 2012. In his Oct. 10 letter, Scott said during a recent trip to the city he saw firsthand how the company’s products were used in a “dangerous and malicious manner to intentionally harm protesters.”Oberdick, however, told Reuters on Friday that he had not seen Scott’s letter. When asked about the criticism his company has been facing for selling tear gas to Hong Kong police, Oberdick hung up the phone.
I think that it isn't the problem of U.S company. Hkpolice used expired tear gas, didn't follow the guidelines. Recently, HKpolice is using made in china tear gas.
Selling weapons to armed thugs(so called HKpolice) are assisting inhuman acts. All companies in pro-democracy countries should ban selling any weapons to Hong Kong police. PoliceBrutality hkpolicebrutality
Please don’t stop the supply as the hkpoliceforce will replace by China teargas, which we really don’t know what biological weapon they will put inside to poison us.........
The police turn to China for tear gas already.
一群港独的留言，反正港独都是正义的。爱卖不卖，搞得只有美国独家生产一样。
HKGestapo used these so-called 'non-lethal' weapons in extremely lethal way.
Providing supplies to HK police = enabling an authoritarian regime to violate human rights. They abuse these weapons to cause unnecessary chaos and hurt the innocent. I urge companies to choose the right side of history.
Pls urge America Govt prohibit Americans company selling the wounding of power weapons to Hong Kong police, thanks. FreeHongKong
Wtf
The worst is that they turn to China for the supply. Please join to condemn the HK authority and police force antichinazi StandWithHongKong antiELAB
The proplem in Hong Kong is brıtısh politicks
We all know that money is important but conscience is even more important. hkpoliceterrorism hkprotest
U.S. should refuse to sell any weapons to HongKongPolice. But if they do, there is no need to give them the manual, as they would fire at anyone they see anyway while calling them 'cockroaches'. PoliceBrutality
HKPolice is pointing to HongKongers with horrible smile. They don't care our life. hkpolicebrutality HKPoliceState HKPoliceTerrorism
I think even U.S. or other company do not sell, Hong Kong Police can buy tear gas from China, maybe it will be more poisonous though! 🤪 But who cares? In front of the regime, we HKers are cockroaches !
pumpkin_forever To StandWithHongKong ,please stop selling tear gas to HongKongPolice !!! They abuse and misuse tear gas.
They are even using expired tg which is toxic!! I think there should be some social responsibility in getting log on destroying expired and unused tg if it could become more toxic and harmful?FightForFreedom
We can’t hold back the tears anymore😟Hong Kong Police use tear gas to do harm to our children, our elderly, our friends, our pets, our freedom, our home Hong Kong. Please stop selling the weapons to HK police force and censure HK police brutality🙏🏻
Selling to HongKongPolice is no different than selling to the terrorist. PoliceTerrorism
Stop supplying CS to HKPolice sure is one of the way to stop PoliceBrutality in Hong Komg.
The HongKongPoliceTerrorist abused the use of tear gas. They even fired one in an indoor station.😡 Now, there are poisonous chemicals left in nearly every districts in Hong Kong, harming pets and people and polluting food and air.
I thought that is prohibited by US government. Am I right?
Hong Kong is becoming a PoliceState . Every responsibe company should stop helping the tyrant.
They even fired tear gas when there were children and elderly. HKPoliceTerrorism hkpolicebrutality
HongKongPolice use tear gas inside the mtr station and shoot it towards to the protester's head. They are out of control, so stop supporting tg for them please 🙏 HongKongProtesters hkpolicebrutality
The problem is the way HK Police are using tear gas. 1. Firing directly into people's torso/eye area. 2. Firing in dense residential areas, and continued to do so AFTER crowds have dispersed. 3. Firing them at rooftops (Aug. 5 at Admiralty) HKPoliceTerrorism
dlilulm Pls stop supplying. StandWithHongKong SupportHongKong FreeHongKong LiberateHongKong FiveDemandsNoOneLess HKHumanRightsandDemocracyAct HongKongProtest hongkongers FreedomHK Shout4HK followbackhongkong
I think Buzzfeed had an article about this company a month ago. The factory was such an unsafe environment for making tear gas canisters.
DiuChijai Shame on HK Police StandWithHongKong FreeHongKong FreeHK LiberateHongKong LiberateHK hkpolicebrutality PoliceBrutality PoliceBrutalityHK DemocracyForHK
Putting sanction on HKPolice is an effective to protect people from tear gas and violence
can also block other police tool ?
The police denied they use the expired tear gas since June. They use too much tear gas so far. Please save us. Stop to supply any more tear gas to HongKongPolice . SaveHongKong
Like the NBA, or Blizzard, or any other companies selling FreedomOfSpeech for money. It all comes back to one question: money or HumanRights. Please StandWithHongKong and stop PoliceTerrorism. 🙏🏻🙏🏻 antichinazi
The company is innocent if it supplies tear gases before deliberate and unlawful use of tear gases by HongKongPolice. However, please kindly stop the supply of any weapon because HongKongPoliceTerrorist attempts to murder Hongkongers
please stop selling to Hong Kong police HongKongPoliceTerrorism hongkongpolicebrutality HongKongPoliceViolence
Please stop supplying HongKongPolice tear gas, they have been using it inappropriately (eg shotting from tall building, shotting it to enclosed indoor area like metro stations, using expired TG) hkpolicebrutality soshk
They should not side with the tyranny
Maybe set up the exorbitant price and make a big fat profit from Hong Kong Police.😆
What we should supply them with the laughing gas
It’s definitely an urgent need to stop selling weapons to HKPolice. They used them without following the regulations and large amount of evidence showed it’s a huge threat to every citizens in Hong Kong and visitors also! HKPoliceTerrorism HKPoliceState SOSHK
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Not to mention the employees are receiving so little yet affecting their health in the making process.
If the US and UK wanted to help protect HK protesters, they should be giving antiriot weapons and tear gas free to HK police. Now HK police gets to use more powerful ammunition and sales of weaponry in China have boosted. Thank you western democracies for your support!
Companies should stop selling weapons to them immediately. No matter tear gas, beanbag rounds, rubber bullets or sponge grenades, they are abusing it and ignoring the usage instructions. Live rounds too, there's no way you can use live rounds to protect yourself from a PVC pipe.
HongKongPolice finally admitted they bought tear gas from China. God bless Hongkongers. followbackhongkong
This is supporting weapons to terrorist, isn’t it? The hongkongpolicebrutality is serious because they are supported with weapons and they feel so confident about the job. Stop supplying!!!
Please stop this! We had over 1000 tg on Oct 1, just 1 day! The police just fire tg without any reason and logic!
The world needs to join forces to stop supplying weapons to HK, as the HongKongPolice are using them against unarmed civilians to silence opposing voices. Please StandWithHongKong
Police will purchase China made tear gas. It isn’t only more poisonous but explosive. StandWithHongKong LiberateHongKong PassHKHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct antichinazi
The protesters are totally out of control : HongKongProtests riots HongKong
I beg you, please stopping supplying tear gas to the terrorist. HK police should be sanctioned. It is hoped that the whole world can against HongKongPoliceTerrorist
Use the HongKongHumanRightsAndDemocracyAct to stop all banks having business in the US to do business with hk police. This stop them from buying anything.
stop supplying tear gas to HKPF! they illegally fire tear gas from high up towards unarmed protestors, totally unacceptable
They actually use them as BULLET with tear gas. They are aiming at people. HongKongPolice HKPoliceTerrorism FreeHongKong StandWithHongKong
Not to mention that they use expired teargas and its impact on human body is unclear. The wrongful use of “non-lethal” weapon (shooting directly at protestors/shooting at close range) also made these weapon capable of killing. HKPoliceTerrorism
JanetTeddy111 Honestly if HKPolice couldnt buy those cannisters from the US, obviously they will turn to China. But at the very least you shouldnt be part of their brutality!!
I cant believe Police use TG toward the press for no reason ! HKprotests hkpolicebrutality
Protesters or civilians. Hong Kongers face tear gas anytime & anywhere. Tear gas was abused but then the government banned masks. Even journalists’ health would be at risk. Stop tear gas supplies. Don’t help the tyrant abuse its subjects. News:
If you wonder why. HK police shot TG in a subway station, in residential areas, even next to a nursing home, shot at reporters, used expired TG. Used it as weapon by shooting horizontally at protesters. Have a 💖, it’s more than just biz.
We’ve had enough indiscriminate tear gas attacks. In fact, even w/o tear gas, our tears drop everyday becoz of govt & police. A student experienced police’s sexual assault. She spoke up & was threatened News: Her sharing:
The Hong Kong Police did not follow the guidelines when they shot the tear gas!!! Please reconsider the trade!!! They shot the press, shot to a MTR station. They are not professional enough to control the weapons！ PoliceBrutality PoliceState
Please stop supplying anything to HongKongPolice
So hongkong police now buying tear gas from China. Please stop hurting hong kong ppl. HKPoliceTerrorism hkpolicebrutality FightForFreedom
Read this paragraph: 'However, for overseas sales, most of its products require an export license from the United States Department of Commerce.' Are you telling me that private companies don't have responsibility and morality? How suspicious the export amount? Don't you feel?!
hongkong police use tg inside the mtr & near residents buildings (many elder people & kids) ,some tg are even expired. This is inhumanity! StandWithHongKong HongKongProtest antitotalitarianism
US company Please stop selling weapons to🇭🇰Too many protestors, citizens, children, elderlies and even mother-to-be and pets get hurt in the few months. 🇭🇰police never follow the instructions, the way they use the weapons could kill people . We are facing a Humanitarian disaster
finally........ and over 2000 tear gas has been released over the past 4 months. StandWithHongKong FightForFreedom
fuck Hong Kong police
The police don't know how and where to use the tear gas rounds properly! Firing them in confined area, firing expired ones, firing them indiscriminately. They're lethal I'm the hands of the police! StandWithHongKong
That’s sad and they r starting to import from China now.... it gonna be more harmful and toxic 😖 HKprotests hongkong hkpolice HKPoliceTerrorism hkpolicebrutality StandWithHongKong
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Don’t sell weapon to HKGestapo
AlfCh3 It makes HongKong become City of Tear Gas. LiberateHongKong HongKongProtests FiveDemandsNotOneLess HongKongPoliceTerrorism StandWithHongKong HKPoliceState
Pls stop selling weapons to Hong Kong police, they are not using it against crime but against citizens ! SpeakerPelosi SenTedCruz SenRickScott marcorubio
Pleases stop supplying to HKPolice They are not using them appropriately. And the long term health effect of tear gas is still not yet well known. HKPoliceTerrorism StandWithHongKong
Hong Kong police are killing innocents! Why still supplying to them? Wanna be a murderer? hkpolicebrutality StandwithHonKong
Thanks reuters to bring this topic up. it is fine to sell crowd control equipment. Please ensure they follow user instruction. Obviously HKpolice is not following at all. Ban them show CSR HongKongProstests HKPoliceTerrorism StandwithHonKong
No more please
Please stop supporting HongKongPolice HKPoliceTerrorism hkpolicebrutality hongkongpolicebrutality FreeHongKong StandWithHongKong antichinazi chinazi
Ignorance is collaboration. hongkongpolicebrutality StandWithHongKong America
It’s hypocritical when US companies profit over oppression of democratic way of thinking...& a frightening indicator of the direction the country will head
they are trying to get those from China, which might be much worse as they are not regulating the quantity of chemical inside those Teargas, which might be much harmful then those from US HongKongProtester HKPoliceTerrorists HKPoliceGoneNuts StandWithHK chinazi
Hong Kong Police indiscriminate fired tear gas to journalists or civilians including elderly, pregnant and baby without control. They even used expired tear gas which is hazardous to public health. US company supplying tear gas should stop selling tear gas to HK police.
Sometimes I wonder whether US tear gas or China tear gas is better 😓
The HKPolice fired tear gas in poorly ventilated areas. They are not following the regulations at all. Please stop supplying tear gas to HK because we’ve inhaled too much tear gas..
It is necessary that no more weapons will be sold to HKPolice. They used them without following the regulations and had a huge threat to everybody in Hong Kong! PoliceTerrorism
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In the past few months, the HK police fire tear gas, bean bag rounds, plastic bullets, pepper-spray balls whenever there's demonstration. They even fire tear gas near residential area and inside railway station. I hope that all kinds of weapons will not be exported to HK...
Why isnt there a mechanism for US suppliers to stop supplying tear gas to the police if they are using them improperly and endangering the safety of people including children and pregnant women
Leo9274 Please stop support state terrorism! antichinazi
But HK police force is buying China”s tear gas
Now HongKongPolice is using tear gas improperly. They just confirmed that they'd bought year has from China.
Please stop supplying any weapons to the HK terrorist! chinazi SaveHongKong
And HKPoliceTerrorism change to use the more toxic China made ones🤢
HKPF is not a security force of the people. It works for the tyrant CCP only. StandwithHonKong antichinazi antitotalitarianism
Shame on riot Hong Kong 👮♀️ police
MandyLeeDUBHKG HongKongProtesters are dying. More suspicious bodies found in HongKong every week, questions go unanswered. PressFreedom is check & balance of PoliceBrutalitiy. Apple Daily covered but HKers need international media coverage. Never let HKers die in vain. FightForFreedom
Please don't sell tear gas to HK police😭. They fire teargas into the subway station!
Don't be an accomplice.
What So many US support anti-human right party? NonLethal, Apple, Vans, Blizzard
Please end the HKPoliceState
It is even more worrying that HKPolice start to purchase tear gas canisters from China. How can we stop this? 😢 hkpolicebrutality HongKongProtests AntiCCP
Stop supporting terrorist! StandWithHongKong
Support the terroristor to kidnap the children?
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Please stop supplying them. They shot tear gas from high ground, in an indoor environment, they are seriously defying the rules of shooting a tear gas.
Please help us, do not supply anymore tear gas to CCP HongKongPolice. They are brutal not following the instructions. HongKongProtest
I was always wondering why HongKongPolice seem to have unlimited supply of tear gas, over thousand rounds of tear gas were used on 1st Oct, only in one day! They also violate the guidelines of not using it indoor and fire from atop buildings! Please stop selling them weapons!
DonttreadonH The world should join force to stop supplying to the HKPolice, just like the arms embargo on China after Tiananmen in 1989. Yes, the HKPoliceState may get their weapons somewhere else, but at least the US & the free world are not complicit.
Please ask the company recall all their expired tear gas. The HKP use them on protesters, press and first aiders.
Hongkongers cried.
This was a really bad decision for us to have sent these supplies to Hong Kong. The people of Hong Kong wanted our support & all we did for them in return, was to send tear gas to their police to fight against the protesters who want democracy. Again! We are siding with China.
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Dont support HK police
StandWithHongKong StandwithHK HongKongProtest FreedomofSpeech followbackhongkong BoycottChina They have smelled enough tear gas
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You have blood in your hand if you earn money from HongKongPolice brutality and help Communist China to suppress democracy and FreePress . FreeHongKong FreeUyghur FreeTibet StandWithHongKong
Cant imagine why.
Capitalism = U.S
Didn't they supply similar yet deadlier gas to Hitler back in the day?
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