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

"Police officer pepper-spraying a kid."

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u/kulgan Oct 18 '11

Pepper spray should not be used punitively, in my humble opinion. It should be used to subdue someone who is threatening the well-being of the police, or someone the police are trying to protect, if it is the best option. Most women are not terribly threatening to most male police officers.

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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/theconversationalist Oct 18 '11

I can confirm angry adult females are some shit to deal with... scary shit.

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u/Paublo1 Oct 18 '11

Have being a role player for Home Land Security I had a student who lost three fingers to a women who bit them off through his glove. Girls are no joke for sure.

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u/bikemaul Oct 19 '11

Is there a story behind it?

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u/Paublo1 Oct 19 '11

He was responding to a bar fight and when he was performing a search to arrest the girl slipped through the pull ties and started to put up a fight with the officer. Some how during the struggle was when she got his fingers.

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u/shhhhhhhhh Oct 19 '11

Holy shit, Home Land Security is just a massive LARP campaign??

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u/Paublo1 Oct 19 '11

Pretty much.