Sec. Esper would have looked a whole lot less complicit if he had said "...National Guard forces did not fire ANY OF THE tear gas and rubber bullets THAT WERE FIRED into the crowd..." at the 1:48 mark...
So where's the bodycam footage of her stated "bricks", "frozen water bottles" "caches of glass bottles, baseball bats and metal poles" ? In fact, where is ANY bodycam footage?
InB4 "it was only pepper balls"...
What riot control agents are
Riot control agents (sometimes referred to as “tear gas”) are chemical compounds that temporarily make people unable to function by causing irritation to the eyes, mouth, throat, lungs, and skin.