- Figure 15.4. To Protect, 2020. Umbrellas in Hong Kong have been used quite effectively as a protection against the use of tear gas turned on peaceful protestors. Adding leaf blowers to the arsenal of household defenses against the excessive firepower deployed by authorities, protestors in Portland turned their garden tools to disperse the caustic substances away from the eyes of the marchers. To Protect transforms a bicycle into a pro-protest vehicle. Deploying a motorcycle windshield as a transparent barrier and a leaf blower mounted as a cannon, pedal-powered protectors can advance as a protective shield ahead of a line of marchers. Photo by author.
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