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2. Pepper spray - Wikipedia

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   Pepper spray, oleoresin capsicum spray, OC spray, capsaicin spray, or capsicum spray is a lachrymator (tear gas) product containing the compound capsaicin as the active ingredient that irritates the eyes to cause burning and pain sensations, as well as temporary blindness. Its inflammatory effects cause the eyes to close, temporarily taking ...

3. Tear gas - Wikipedia

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   Tear gas in use in France 2007 Exploded tear gas canister in the air in Greece. Tear gas, also known as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator (from Latin lacrima 'tear'), sometimes colloquially known as "mace" after the early commercial self-defense spray, is a chemical weapon that stimulates the nerves of the lacrimal gland in the eye to produce tears.

4. OC - Wikipedia

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   Oleoresin capsaicin or oleoresin capsicum, the active ingredient in pepper spray and OC gas OC spray, also known as pepper spray; Open collector, electrical interface. Used in data communication; openCanvas, a raster graphics software; Optical Carrier levels in the SONET fiber-optic network specification

5. How to handle a pepper spray attack - AOL

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   Pepper spray packs a serious punch. Pepper spray, along with tear gas, is one of the most common weapons in police departments’ crowd control arsenals. It was frequently used against protesters ...

6. Mace (spray) - Wikipedia

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   Mace is the brand name of an early type of aerosol self-defense spray invented by Alan Lee Litman in the 1960s. The first commercial product of its type, Litman's design packaged phenacyl chloride (CN) tear gas dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents into a small aerosol spray can, [1] usable in many environments and strong enough to act as a deterrent and incapacitant when sprayed in the face.

7. As Nov. 5 nears, Trump steps up attempts to recast Jan. 6 ...

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   The Justice Department has noted that in court it has been proven that "weapons used and carried on Capitol grounds include firearms; OC spray; tasers; edged weapons, including a sword, axes ...

8. Capsaicin - Wikipedia

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   Capsaicinoids are also an active ingredient in riot control and personal defense pepper spray agents. [2] When the spray comes in contact with skin, especially eyes or mucous membranes, it produces pain and breathing difficulty in the affected individual. [2] Capsaicin is also used to deter pests, specifically mammalian pests.

9. California prison guard apologizes for assault on inmate ...

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   “Instead of protecting others, Pacheco used violence because he thought it was ‘f----- funny,’ spraying an inmate-victim through a port in a closed cell door with OC spray and pulling the ...