We asked one frequent protester, 21-year-old university student Alberto Castillo, to share what he’s learned protesting on the front lines. They wear them to hurl tear gas canisters back at police. “The police shot a tear gas bomb directly at one friend and it tore off one of the fingernails of his right hand. “There is a special event for a kid who they killed yesterday with a tear gas canister. Fending off tear gas Gas masks, real and improvised, are a must.

Source: Los Angeles Times May 03, 2017 09:56 UTC