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Friendly fire: TSA officer hits six colleagues after mistaking pepper spray for laser pointer
Six security officers at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport landed in hospital after being hit by pepper spray — fired by one of their own. The Transportation Security Administration agents, responsible for X-ray machines and other vital screening around the US transport network, suffered the friendly spray incident Tuesday…
Argentine ‘superhero’ facing weapons charges
A self-styled Buenos Aires superhero who fought crime armed only with a costume, mask and pepper spray, is now himself up on weapons charges. Thanks to an alleged shootout with muggers the superhero has been charged with carrying an unlicensed gun, police said Wednesday. The man who called himself Menganno…
Portland police pepper-spray Occupy protesters
Hundreds of protesters marched Saturday in Portland, Oregon to protest the premise of drastic cuts to crucial aspects of the federal budget, resulting in a small skirmish in which police used pepper spray to disperse marchers. According to KATU News, police arrested one protester and sprayed several others in the…
Santa Monica College investigates why a 4-year-old girl was pepper-sprayed
A California college announced Wednesday that it will launch an investigation into a pepper spray incident that left two people hospitalized, several people injured and a 4-year-old girl sprayed, according to a statement obtained by The Santa Monica Dispatch. Approximately 100 students protested outside the Santa Monica College’s Board of…
Occupy protesters sue New York City over pepper spray incident
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Two women caught on camera being doused with pepper spray by a New York police officer during an Occupy Wall Street march in September have sued the city, saying it failed to train police officers properly. In a viral online video, Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna was…
Police pepper spray, shut down malls over Air Jordan shoes
Black Friday is long since over, but mayhem continued at U.S. shopping malls early Friday morning over Nike Air Jordan 11 “Concords.” Just two days before Christmas, police in Austin were forced to shut down two malls after they said crowds became unruly. “People started pushing like crazy, and they…
Pepper-spray creator ‘shocked’ by UC Davis incident
Kamran Loghman, who helped the FBI develop pepper-spray in the 1980’s, said he was shocked and bewildered that it was used against non-violent protesters at the University of California at Davis. In mid November, two campus police officers hit a group of “Occupy” protesters who had locked arms and refused…
Pepper spray for your convenience
I defended Black Friday (albeit in a tongue-in-cheek, pro-environment, pro-local business way) for a couple of reasons. One is that I'm not buying the sanctimonious anti-materialism that crops up in some sectors of the left in response to the holiday. It's liberal reactionary politics, in my opinion, and driven as…
Pepper spraying Wal-Mart shopper turns herself in
The woman who reportedly used pepper spray on fellow Black Friday shoppers at a Los Angeles’ Wal-Mart has turned herself in. According to CBS affiliate KCAL, the woman turned herself into LAPD officers Friday evening. The incident came as crowds were in line to buy a new XBox 360. At least…
Woman pepper sprays shoppers over Xbox
A woman at the Porter Ranch Wal-Mart in California Thursday night reportedly used pepper spray on other shoppers in order to move ahead in line. One witness told KNBC that the incident happened while they were waiting in line to buy a new Xbox 360. As many as 15 people…
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