Does this video show a Hong Kong protestor disabling a tear gas cannister with liquid nitrogen? A recent tweet from @PatriotCoburn says: > Holy Shit the protesters in Hong Kong are grabbing the canisters of tear gas dropping it into liquid nitrogen and turning it into its harmless solid form. It shows a video of a person in a gas mask and gloves putting a smoking tear gas cannister in a small bottle, shaking it, and emptying the resultant slush on the ground. The tweet has been retweeted around 20 thousand times, and liked over 55 thousand times and widely shared on blogs and similar. Does this video show someone disabling a tear gas cannister with liquid nitrogen?

The claim is most likely false.

It's common for Hong Kong protesters to use **water** to neutralize tear gas. [[video]]( [[source]](

While liquid nitrogen is priced similar to your average bottled water, liquid nitrogen would be impractical because is not readily available at the sites of the protests, dangerous (pressure explosion, cold burn*), and the public endangerment would be bad PR for the protesters, as well as an unnecessary legal liability.

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*The cold burn video is about LPT instead of nitrogen because I wanted a source that uses innocent cartoons instead of gruesome pictures. It's safe to watch, no nasty surprises.