Palestinians are tweeting tear gas tips to Ferguson protesters

As more and more shocking stories and footage emerge out of Ferguson, Missouri, the situation is gathering attention across the globe. In fact, news of the hyper-militarized police attacking peaceful civilians with tear gas has reached another conflict-torn area: the Gaza strip.
As The Daily Dot notes, Palestinians in Gaza are tweeting tips on how to deal with tear gas to their counterparts in Missouri. A few examples, courtesy of Occupy Oakland's Twitter account, are below. --Kimberly Alters
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Kimberly Alters is the news editor at TheWeek.com. She is a graduate of the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University.
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