General Discussion

Cops will try to blot it on your hands but will give up if it is too many places. They're ultimately lazy.

All the other stuff is more or less correct, too. We learned all this and trained in all this in the black bloc / anti-globalization protests of the late 1990s/ early 2000s, some of which, as you'll remember, got kinda "fun."

Remember that tear gas def burns your eyes, but its effect that really makes you want to leave is the burning/coughing feeling in your throat and lungs, which can be mitigated with a wet bandana over your mouth and nose (a little, anyway). Bring water and several bandanas.

Remember non-descript hats. Do a survey of your get-up for anything that could be identifiable. It's not a fashion show.

One of the clearest signs that January 6 was amateur hour was how identifiable all those yahoos were. Of course, it's also chilling: they could be identified, in their minds, because they were going to "win."