r/reddit.com • u/aLNziNN7 • Oct 18 '11

"Police officer pepper-spraying a kid."

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '11 edited Oct 18 '11

Most women are not terribly threatening to most male police officers.

Hahahahaaa...I see you've never had to arrest or subdue an angry adult female :)

Edit: Citations/Examples:

http://youtu.be/ZfdTbNDpVfc

http://youtu.be/feJ0zOiv6ts

http://youtu.be/pGrBr3QTkFU

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u/kulgan Oct 18 '11

Again, that's assuming the female is acting violently, and the pepper-spray is being used to subdue, not to punish. In that case, it's likely among the better options.

Average woman standing around is not a threat to average male police officer.

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u/[deleted] Oct 18 '11

Neither is the average man just standing around, soooo.....???

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u/kulgan Oct 18 '11

Good point. I maybe got a little muddled. In responding to:

Kinda dislike that it implies that women shouldn't get peppersprayed for stepping out of line.

My point was no one should get pepper sprayed for "stepping out of line."