At least a couple of protesters were tackled to the ground and arrested before agents drove away from the crowd of at least 30 protesters and observers, some of whom were coughing or vomiting from the smoke, according to witnesses.
Observers took images of a loaded rifle magazine that an agent dropped in the snow and left behind. The magazine was reported and later recovered by the Minneapolis Police Department, a department spokesperson confirmed.
Luhmann took video of one of the empty smoke canisters, which is labeled as “pocket tactical green smoke,” made by the company Defense Technology. The back states that it should be used only by “trained law enforcement, correctional or military personnel.”
Below that, it states that anyone using the canister “should be trained in deployment, decontamination and first aid procedures.”
Edit: According to the SEC.gov 2025 contract for Safariland president Brad Williams employment with Safariland/The Company/Cadre Holdings he can be reached by email at williams.brade@gmail.com or brad.williams@safariland.com
Probably to the surprise of nobody this company is an LLC defense company attached to multiple other LLC defense companies.
Defense Technology’s domestic sales contact info in Casper Wyoming.
If you feel like it, maybe give them a call on Monday at (307) 235-2136 and let them know their products are being used in violation of their company’s recommended warnings by terrorists who are murdering American men and women for sport.
Defense tech also appears to be attached to
Monadnock
And Safariland LLC which is a giant corporation with a very shady history. In 2020 after similar controversy of their products being used for crowd control, they claimed to divest from Defense Technology, but it looks like it never happened in any sense other than a change in company paper trail.
•2020: The Safariland Group to Divest Defense Technology:Enters into Agreement to Sell Business Segments Focused on Crowd Control Solutions…today announced it has entered into an agreement to divest Defense Technology and Monadnock (together, “Defense Technology”), the Company’s business segments that provide various crowd control solutions, including chemical agents, munitions and batons, to law enforcement and military agencies.
•2021:It has been more than a year since Safariland’s press release and ten months after their stated deadline for divesting from Defense Technology. At this point, they should be clean and clear from chemical weapons, but the evidence shows that Safariland is still actively running Defense Technology, casting doubt on whether they ever actually planned to divest.
•The Intercept reported in 2022 that CEO Warren Kanders was still profiting from his company’s sales of tear gas. Defense Technology and Safariland reportedly remained registered as subsidiaries of Kanders’ company Cadre Holdings.
•There seems to be a surprising lack of clarity regarding who actually owns Defense Technology, but as of today (Jan 25, 2026), Safariland’s official career page still lists Defense Technology as part of their global team https://safariland.com/pages/careers
December 2025: Meet The Former Banker Who Is Now A Private Defense Billionaire
•https://inside.safariland.com/news/safariland-group-announces-brad-e-williams-president/
“Together, We Save Lives®"? Oh no! For sure they would be horrified if they knew about this right? I’m sure they would be interested in hearing feedback as well or at least pointing people in the right direction of who we should complain to regarding their “associate”/global team member doing business with the people murdering Americans in cold blood.
So probably best to contact Brad Williams directly at williams.brade@gmail.com but still try to be courteous because he’s also just a cog in a machine. Or his company email brad.williams@safariland.com