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http://listverse.com/2016/01/22/10-shocking-and-bizarre-riot-control-weapons-from-around-the-world/
When many people think of the US government, they remember its track record of doing morally reprehensible things to other countries. However, most people think American officials would stop short at doing terrible things to their own people. But the truth is that the US government has performed potentially dangerous biological weapons tests on its own citizens, without any intention of ever telling them about it.
The first known tests were conducted near San Francisco in the 1950s, and they were meant to see how well biological agents could be dispersed in fog. At this time, the government only released two kinds of bacteria they believed to be fairly harmless, but the success of this test spurred them on to “greater” heights.
Over the next couple decades (before the projects were finally exposed and presumably stopped), they performed 239 tests of biological agents against their own people. Many of these tests took place in major population centers, like the New York subway system, for maximum effect. Critics have pointed out that these tests broke many rules of warfare, making the US extremely hypocritical.
When many people think of the US government, they remember its track record of doing morally reprehensible things to other countries. However, most people think American officials would stop short at doing terrible things to their own people. But the truth is that the US government has performed potentially dangerous biological weapons tests on its own citizens, without any intention of ever telling them about it.
The first known tests were conducted near San Francisco in the 1950s, and they were meant to see how well biological agents could be dispersed in fog. At this time, the government only released two kinds of bacteria they believed to be fairly harmless, but the success of this test spurred them on to “greater” heights.
Over the next couple decades (before the projects were finally exposed and presumably stopped), they performed 239 tests of biological agents against their own people. Many of these tests took place in major population centers, like the New York subway system, for maximum effect. Critics have pointed out that these tests broke many rules of warfare, making the US extremely hypocritical.