Calls for government to stop selling tear gas to the US
THE government is facing growing calls to suspend sales of tear gas, riot shields and rubber bullets to the United States as MPs throw their weight behind the campaign.
Human-rights groups expressed fears earlier this week that British-manufactured weapons are being used to repress civil-rights protests across the US.
The country’s major cities have been engulfed by mass demonstrations on consecutive nights, sparked by last Monday’s police killing of George Floyd.
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