Possible Clues:

• Rioter's weapon
• Explosive object gives comical look to TV broadcast
• Crude form of hand grenade
• Weapon Missouri crowd originally obtained via Manhattan, say?
• Vital to mock 'cool' jerks -- but it can be wounding if it hits home
• It was thrown around a lot at those foreign demonstrations and is liable to blow the head off you
• Russian drink that goes like a bomb