PHILADELPHIA - Members of Philadelphia's city council are calling for an end to the use of tear gas and rubber bullets by police against protesters.SkyFOX was over the Vine Street Expressway on Monday when officers fired tear gas, bean bag, and pepper spray at demonstrators.
The action of those officers incited immediate backlash prompting Commissioner Outlaw to respond. "Today's deployment of tear gas was a means to safely diffuse a volatile and dangerous situation, and restore order, when it became increasingly clear that other measures were ineffective in accomplishing that necessary objective," Outlaw said Monday. RELATED COVERAGE: DEATH OF GEORGE FLOYDIn a statement, council members said that tear gas and rubber bullets endanger the.