Simon, an Obama appointee, is the fourth judge to restrict DHS officials’ crowd control tactics during enforcement operations that the administration has launched in Democrat-run cities. Judges in Minneapolis, Chicago and Los Angeles issued similar orders, though each was later blocked by appellate courts. Simon’s order, which will be in effect for 14 days but could be extended, prohibits DHS agents from using “chemical or projectile munitions” at the site “unless the specific target of such a weapon or device poses an imminent threat of physical harm to a law enforcement officer or other person.” The judge also forbade DHS personnel from firing any type of weapon “at the head, neck, or torso of any person, unless the officer is legally justified in using deadly force against that person.”
I feel like it’s always important to remind people every time there is a mention of the use of
chemical weapons for crowd control, pepper spray and tear gas used by DHS is manufactured by Safariland LLC. I’m really glad to see a judge using the rule of law, but also can’t blame people for being skeptical that the most lawless bastards you know will ignore or find a way around a judge’s orders.
The next time chemical weapons are used against a crowd, if you would like to make a complaint, the owner of the company that manufacturers these weapons is Cadre Holdings/Defense Tech/Safariland. Safariland’s motto is literally “Together, We Save Lives®” and the owner of the company, Warren Kanders does seem to care about his name being directly associated with use of the weapons he sells. He’s never bothered to stop selling them, but he has repeatedly performed Olympic worthy gymnastics over the years to try and distance himself from those weapons while continuing to profit from their sales.
Since resigning from the board and facing further public scrutiny during the George Floyd protests, he claimed to divest his holdings in Defense Tech, but actually just shuffled some paperwork around, created some new LLCs with some new names and continued to manufacture and profit from the weapons being used for crowd control.
In December of 2025, Forbes revealed he now holds a new role as a private defense contractor working for the Trump administration and focusing on nuclear cleanup (because safety is the number one priority at the heart of all of his LLCs):Meet The Former Banker Who Is Now A Private Defense Billionaire
I feel like it’s always important to remind people every time there is a mention of the use of chemical weapons for crowd control, pepper spray and tear gas used by DHS is manufactured by Safariland LLC. I’m really glad to see a judge using the rule of law, but also can’t blame people for being skeptical that the most lawless bastards you know will ignore or find a way around a judge’s orders.
The next time chemical weapons are used against a crowd, if you would like to make a complaint, the owner of the company that manufacturers these weapons is Cadre Holdings/Defense Tech/Safariland. Safariland’s motto is literally “Together, We Save Lives®” and the owner of the company, Warren Kanders does seem to care about his name being directly associated with use of the weapons he sells. He’s never bothered to stop selling them, but he has repeatedly performed Olympic worthy gymnastics over the years to try and distance himself from those weapons while continuing to profit from their sales.
The scandal of his association forced Kanders to resign his seat on the board of the Whitney museum of art in 2019, but he has continued to find his own work arounds to profit from the weapons while claiming to have no responsibility or control over how they are used.
Since resigning from the board and facing further public scrutiny during the George Floyd protests, he claimed to divest his holdings in Defense Tech, but actually just shuffled some paperwork around, created some new LLCs with some new names and continued to manufacture and profit from the weapons being used for crowd control.
In December of 2025, Forbes revealed he now holds a new role as a private defense contractor working for the Trump administration and focusing on nuclear cleanup (because safety is the number one priority at the heart of all of his LLCs):Meet The Former Banker Who Is Now A Private Defense Billionaire
President of Safariland/Cadre Holdings, Brad Williams reports directly to Kanders. Given Kanders’ position as a defense contractor he likely has a much better chance of getting the president’s ear than any plebian with a complaint about tear gas. As of January 2025, Williams could be reached by email at williams.brade@gmail.com or at his Safariland email brad.williams@safariland.com