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The UC Davis pepper spray incident occurred on November 18, 2011, during an Occupy movement demonstration at the University of California, Davis.After asking the protesters to leave several times, university police pepper sprayed a group of student demonstrators as they were seated on a paved path in the campus quad.
Gaudreau was in crisis, tearing apart his own apartment. He was pepper sprayed and restrained, and died on site. Cause of death was ruled to be "agitated delirium." [3] 2011-09 Zinser, Justin British Columbia RCMP [147] 2011-09-12 Alberta Edmonton Police Service [148] 2011-10-20 Spiewak, Peter Dominik (31) Alberta
[31] [32] Three protestors were confirmed by the Toronto EMS to be injured during the protests, [33] and journalists were among the people who were beaten. [ 34 ] [ 35 ] Const. Babak Andalib-Goortani, the Toronto police officer accused of using excessive force during the arrest of G20 protester Adam Nobody, has been convicted of assault with a ...
Following the fight, Sports Illustrated writer Pat Forde wrote on X that he “got secondhand pepper sprayed,” and stated in a separate post that “a lot of people” from both teams were hit ...
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 ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Capitol Police used pepper spray to disperse a protest opposing a congressional visit from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, which has drawn anger from anti-war activists.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) documented 27 people in police custody who died after exposure to pepper spray in California since 1993. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] However, the ACLU report counts all deaths occurring within hours of exposure to pepper spray regardless of prior interaction, taser use, or if drugs are involved.
Owen Andrews, 24, was on a night out in Liverpool city centre on 10 June 2022 when he was taken to the ground, arrested and sprayed with Pava gas - a more modern variant of pepper spray.