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Ben Bartlett And Berkeley Bans Tear Gas When Oakland Won’t: The ‘Era Of Militarism Is Over’

By Zennie AbrahamPosted on June 15, 2020Posted in Ben Bartlett Berkeley District 3 Councilmember "The Bartlett Files", California, National News, News, Oakland - Oakland News Now - OaklandNewsSide, Oakland Community, Oakland News, U.S. News, usa, WorldTagged App, BART, Ben Bartlett, Berkeley, Berkeley City Council, Berkeley Councilmember, Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett, Berkeley Councilmembers, Black Lives Matter, CA, California, CES, China, City of Berkeley, Coronavirus, Councilmember Ben Bartlett, COVID-19, George Floyd, Inc, Internet, Jesse Arreguin, Legal, Live, Media, news, Nikki Fortunato Bas, Oakland, Oakland City, Oakland City Administrator, Oakland City Council, Oakland City Council President, Oakland Police, Oakland Police Department, OPD, OPL, Pandemic, President Of The United States, Protest, protests, rebecca kaplan, RT, Sheng Thao, Tear Gas, Tech, twitter, United States, US, Via, WE, Zennie Abraham

Berkeley Councilmember Ben Bartlett turned a phrase that is spreading around the Internet when he said the “era of militarism is over”, after his City of Berkeley, Berkeley City Council voted to ban tear gas for good, and stop police from using pepper spray and smoke during George Floyd Black Lives Matter protests. (And this […]