Federal law enforcement at the border used tear gas and pepper spray during the Obama administration at significantly higher rates than either of the two years President Trump has been in office, according to government data obtained by the Washington Examiner.
Under President Barack Obama in 2013, U.S. Customs and Border Protection used Pava Capsaicin, known as pepper spray, at nearly three times the rate it did in 2017, Donald Trump’s first year in office.
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