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In three incidents, the first on September 25, 1997, in the office lobby of Pacific Lumber Company in Scotia, California, the second at a Pacific Lumber logging site in Bear Creek on October 3, 1997, and a third incident at the Eureka district office of Congressman Frank Riggs on October 16, 1997, County sheriff's deputies stuck pepper spray drenched Q-tips into the protesters' eyes to try to ...
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 ...
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.
A California woman who allegedly shot pepper spray out of her Lexus car toward a Black Lives Matter protester on Sunday has been arrested. Amy Atkisson, 46, was booked with one count of unlawful ...
A California man who used stolen police pepper spray against officers battling a mob during the Jan. 6 attack was sentenced to more than four years in prison.
Judge signals he won't lift rules restricting pepper spray at Lincoln Hills. Gannett. Laura Schulte, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. August 26, 2024 at 1:39 PM.
Pepper spray is one non-lethal weapon alleged to have been misused by American police. In two incidents in California in 1997, police swabbed pepper spray directly into the eyes of protesters. [62] Amnesty International condemned these actions, and claimed that they were likely a violation of the 1984 United Nations Convention Against Torture. [62]
Self-proclaimed ‘incel’ charged with pepper-spraying women in Southern California hate attacks. Muri Assunção. September 28, 2022 at 12:47 PM.