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Police Pepper Spray 8-Year-Old in Colorado Elementary School

Aidan Elliott admits that he was out of control. When police entered his second-grade classroom, Aidan, an 8-year-old Colorado boy, was in the midst of a violent tantrum, wielding a sharp piece of molding he had ripped off the wall and used to threaten his teachers' lives. His mother, however, says there's no excuse for...

Cop Blinds Himself With Pepper Spray, Gets Tasered by Police

(Sept. 10) -- A police officer blinds himself with pepper spray, then another cop zaps him with a Taser on Friday the 13th. No, it's not a pitch for a new "Keystone Kops" film -- it's a crime story from England that proves that criminals aren't a police officer's only foe. Police constable Jason Mepham was responding to a...

Anti-Gay Protesters Pepper Sprayed at Marine's Funeral

(Aug. 29) -- A 62-year-old man has been arrested after he allegedly tried to fire pepper spray at members of the radical Westboro Baptist Church as they protested the funeral of a U.S. Marine. The incident took place at around 10 a.m. Saturday in Omaha, Neb., where some 20 followers of the extremist Kansas sect -- who...

Background on pepper spray

Pepper spray, also known as OC spray (from "Oleoresin Capsicum"), OC gas, and capsicum spray, is a lachrymatory agent (a chemical compound that irritates the eyes to cause tears, pain, and even temporary blindness) used in policing, riot control, crowd control and personal self-defense, including defense against dogs and bears.

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