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Infectious disease specialists call for an end to tear gas during COVID-19 pandemic - KTVU San Francisco
Jun 02, 2020 46 secs

SAN FRANCISCO - Infectious disease specialists are circulating an online petition calling for police to stop using tear gas to disperse crowds during the coronavirus pandemic who are coming out in droves to mourn the death of George Floyd and decry police brutality. .

Oakland police arrested 100 people and used tear gas at the end of a youth-led March.

Police across the country have been using tear gas to disperse protests, some of which have turned violent because Floyd, a black man, was killed when a white police officer in Minneapolis knelt on his neck. 

On Monday, Oakland police used tear gas following a youth march when they said some people threw bottles at them; and U.S

There were about 15,000 people at the peak of the Oakland demonstration, police said

High school senior Samuel Getachew said he and his friends suffered the effects of getting tear gassed in front of the Oakland police station

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