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Advantage, protester (Original Post)
Major Nikon
Jun 2016
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Baitball Blogger
(46,705 posts)1. No love there.
OriginalGeek
(12,132 posts)4. I woulda' dropped a duece.
Iggo
(47,552 posts)2. That thing's comin' back with some serious topspin!
Major Nikon
(36,827 posts)3. Donno. I just found the image on Imgur
sharp_stick
(14,400 posts)5. Even the cops would smile at that. n/t
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)6. Lesson learned from the last protest
You don't want to handle one of those canisters with your bare hands and not get to a wash basin really quick with lots of soap and hot water. You REALLY don't want to handle one of those canisters with your bare hands and then got to the bathroom.
Or so I've heard.
redwitch
(14,944 posts)7. How clever!
I am totally bringing a racket to my next protest!
rurallib
(62,415 posts)8. semper paratus (always prepared)
always be sure to bring a tennis racket to the protest.
When life serves you tear gas - send it back with a forehand.
csziggy
(34,136 posts)9. #1 Photo of the Week in The Atlantic!
"A protester uses a tennis racket to return a tear gas canister during a demonstration to protest the government's proposed labor law reforms in Nantes, France, on June 2, 2016."
http://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2016/06/photos-of-the-week-528-63/485465/