A PSA for any one that has one of those gas masks, either the US M17 or Czech M10.
I had one packed away and got it out when the pandemic hit in case it turned out it would be useful. After some research I discovered the filters contain hexavalent chromium (used to neutralize chemical agents) and should not be used if you can see black dust coming out of the filters (the chromium treated charcoal). Ideally the old filters should not be used at all, but if its an emergency or disaster situation you can use your own judgement.
Also the old soviet gas mask filters shouldn't be used either, pretty much all of them contain asbestos filter media.
My uncle was shot in the face as well. He was just on a balcony recording the protests below and a fed decided to pop him in the face. He had it recorded and everything
Hey reminder, when the president of Ukraine in 2014 had a problem with protestors not standing down to being beaten by his goons, one of his first orders of business was to make wearing protective equipment to a protest a criminal charge.
Just keep that in mind when you see comments like, "If he didn't want to be assaulted, he shouldn't have worn that."
And maybe think about where else you've heard that as justification for assault.
Radioiron on July 28th, 2020 at 03:08 UTC »
A PSA for any one that has one of those gas masks, either the US M17 or Czech M10.
I had one packed away and got it out when the pandemic hit in case it turned out it would be useful. After some research I discovered the filters contain hexavalent chromium (used to neutralize chemical agents) and should not be used if you can see black dust coming out of the filters (the chromium treated charcoal). Ideally the old filters should not be used at all, but if its an emergency or disaster situation you can use your own judgement.
Also the old soviet gas mask filters shouldn't be used either, pretty much all of them contain asbestos filter media.
cdbriggs on July 28th, 2020 at 03:33 UTC »
My uncle was shot in the face as well. He was just on a balcony recording the protests below and a fed decided to pop him in the face. He had it recorded and everything
edit: the only footage I have
Hatred_and_Mayhem on July 28th, 2020 at 04:39 UTC »
Hey reminder, when the president of Ukraine in 2014 had a problem with protestors not standing down to being beaten by his goons, one of his first orders of business was to make wearing protective equipment to a protest a criminal charge.
Just keep that in mind when you see comments like, "If he didn't want to be assaulted, he shouldn't have worn that."
And maybe think about where else you've heard that as justification for assault.