The history of tear gas used against U.S. public – League of Women Voters of Wyoming

This is another “forgotten” bit of policing history (1932), and the presidency of Herbert Hoover.

Soldiers in gas masks advance on World War I Bonus March demonstrators in Washington, D.C., July 1932. The Bonus Marchers were comprised of unemployed World War I veterans waiting for the monetary bonus promised by the U.S. government and not delivered. (Photo by Jack Benton/Getty Images)

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The history of tear gas used against U.S. public

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