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Top 1/3 of a “Triple-Chaser” gas grenade. When deployed, the grenade body breaks into three parts to distribute gas over a wider area. Body reads "CM" and "TO BE USED BY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONAL OR MILITARY PERSONNEL" stamped in blue-green ink, indicating that the body was filled with CS gas. Used by the Waterloo Police Department during the George Floyd protest march of the night of 6/2-6/3/2020. The March began at the Black Hawk Co. Jail and was ultimately broken up by the Waterloo Police Department in Washington Park and on the 218 overpass. Found by Grout Museum District personnel in the grass in front of the Carl A. & Peggy J. Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, between the sidewalk and the building facade on 6/4/2020.
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Title:
Black Lives Matter Protest Gas Gernade
Date Created:
2020
Time Period:
2020s
Description:
Top 1/3 of a “Triple-Chaser” gas grenade. When deployed, the grenade body breaks into three parts to distribute gas over a wider area. Body reads "CM" and "TO BE USED BY TRAINED LAW ENFORCEMENT, CORRECTIONAL OR MILITARY PERSONNEL" stamped in blue-green ink, indicating that the body was filled with CS gas. Used by the Waterloo Police Department during the George Floyd protest march of the night of 6/2-6/3/2020. The March began at the Black Hawk Co. Jail and was ultimately broken up by the Waterloo Police Department in Washington Park and on the 218 overpass. Found by Grout Museum District personnel in the grass in front of the Carl A. & Peggy J. Bluedorn Science Imaginarium, between the sidewalk and the building facade on 6/4/2020.
Subject (Topic):
Social movements Civil rights Civil rights movements Civil rights demonstrations African Americans--Politics and government Visual communication Art Protest movements Police brutality African American police Black lives matter movement African American political activists Political posters African Americans--Violence against
Subject (Person):
Floyd, George, 1973-2020
Location:
Iowa--Waterloo
Latitude:
42.49583
Longitude:
-92.3428
Language:
zxx
Contributing Institution:
Grout Museum District
Extent:
5 pages
Genre:
photographs
Type:
Image
Format:
image/jpeg
Digital Collection Title:
Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa
Digital Collection Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9156m
Digital Object Identifier:
gmd2020037005001
Item Permalink:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9b27pz8f
Metadata License:
This metadata record is made available under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication. https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Source
Suggested Citation:
"Black Lives Matter Protest Gas Gernade", Grout Museum District, Amplifying Black Voices in Iowa, Iowa State University Library Digital Collections
Reference Link:
https://n2t.net/ark:/87292/w9b27pz8f
Rights
Rights:
Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International
Standardized Rights:
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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