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2. Pepper-spray projectile - Wikipedia

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   A pepper-spray projectile, also called a pepper-spray ball, pepper-ball, pepper bomb, or pepper-spray pellet, is a frangible projectile containing a powdered chemical that irritates the eyes and nose in a manner similar to pepper spray. These projectiles are fired from specially designed forced compliance weapons or modified paintball guns.

3. Killing of Victoria Snelgrove - Wikipedia

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   Killing of Victoria Snelgrove. Victoria E. Snelgrove[1] (October 29, 1982 – October 21, 2004) was an American journalism student at Emerson College in Boston, who died after being shot by officer Rochefort Milien of the Boston Police Department using a less-lethal weapon. The shooting took place following the victory of the Boston Red Sox ...

4. Pepper spray - Wikipedia

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   1,250,000 [a] SHU. 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 ...

5. New 'Pepper X' hotter than law enforcement-grade pepper spray ...

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   That's hotter than law enforcement-grade pepper spray, which can reach up to 2 million SHU. It was created by Puckerbutt Pepper Co., which also developed the previous 10-year record holder, the ...

6. What are rubber bullets? Weapons used on protesters can ... - AOL

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   In addition to rubber bullets — which often have a metal core — police have used tear gas, flash-bang grenades, pepper spray gas and projectiles to control crowds of demonstrators demanding ...

7. Non-lethal weapon - Wikipedia

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   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]

8. Asthmatic boy was pepper sprayed then left in cell at KY ...

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   September 23, 2024 at 10:45 AM. An asthmatic teen boy in one of Kentucky’s juvenile detention centers was unjustifiably pepper sprayed twice in the face on June 12 as he passively stood with his ...

9. Riot gun - Wikipedia

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   The pepper ball guns use special pepper spray ammunition based on paintball technology, consisting of a gelatin capsule filled with the riot control agent. The guns use compressed gas and provide semiautomatic fire, and the pepperballs act just like paintballs, fracturing on impact and splattering the chemical agent on impact.