2.00 pm Henrique Capriles en Las Mercedes pic.twitter.com/bq13oU0Eu2 — Adriana Núñez Rabascall (@Adriananunezr) April 10, 2017

Take 20 seconds to watch the video in this tweet. It shows a calm, colected Henrique Capriles walking down the street when suddenly, for no apparent reason, a tear gas canister is shot straight at his group.

That’s the dynamic at work in this week’s protests in Caracas. It really is perverse.

And, if you need a bonus, here’s a second tweet:

La GNB ahora está lanzando bombas lacrimógenas dentro de la clínica donde estoy hospitalizada — Delsa Solorzano (@delsasolorzano) April 10, 2017

Extra bonus?

Tear gas from helicopters:

Lanzan bombas lacrimógenas desde los helicópteros a manifestantes en El Rosal. #10abr pic.twitter.com/DWrVRcm5Zf — Ronna Rísquez (@ronnarisquez) April 10, 2017

Oh, and inside hospitals, to boot.