I definitely don't consider pepper balls to be tear gas (e.g., CS gas), but I'm willing to treat them the same for the purposes of this discussion since they are both riot control agents. Although, I will say that I think the articles describe it as "tear gas" instead of "pepper balls" to make it sound worse than it is.
I definitely think using police is very different from using the military. That is a much more important distinction.
And, this was after the Church had been set on fire, right? So, how peaceful were these protesters?
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