Bell Hotel chaos as protestors accuse police of firing pepper spray at demonstrators

Protesters claimed PAVA synthetic pepper spray was deployed, citing visible distress, coughing, and calls for water or milk ...
Irish Sun

Fresh warning over pepper spray use on Irish prisoners amid ‘more aggressive’ backlash fears & key deterrent guidance

USING pepper spray in jails could trigger some lags to become more violent, an official report has warned. And the paper advised the substance should not be used on crowded landings or on females or ...
The Malta Independent

Should the use of pepper-spray be legalised in Malta?

In 2016 police in Denmark sparked anger by warning a teenage girl that she faced prosecution for using pepper spray to fend off a sexual assault near an asylum seekers centre. The rape and murder of ...
LBC

Pepper spray to be used in young offender institutions as violence against staff 14 times higher than adult prisons

Prison officers in young offender institutions will start using pepper spray in a bid to combat soaring violence levels from inmates. Synthetic pepper spray will be introduced at young offender ...
Daily Mail

Secret Service claims it DID use pepper spray to clear protesters outside the WH for THAT photo-op

The United States Secret Service revealed over the weekend that an agent used pepper spray against an 'assaultive individual' when helping clear Lafayette Park of protesters to make way for the ...
Daily Mail

Woman 'shoots pepper spray out of a Lexus at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters'

A California woman was arrested after she allegedly shot pepper spray out of a Lexus at a group of Black Lives Matter protesters, including a 16-year-old victim. Amy Atkisson, 46, was taken into ...
Leicester Mercury

Police use pepper spray as park drinkers get aggressive

Police called to a Leicestershire park to help an intoxicated woman had to strike and pepper spray a man who became aggressive and attacked his friend before resisting arrest. Anthony Crump, 43, of no ...
BBC

PC defends use of pepper spray on vulnerable woman

A police officer has defended using pepper spray on a handcuffed, vulnerable woman, saying it had "the desired effect" to subdue her. The female constable from Avon and Somerset Police responded to a ...
The Argus

Police 'joked' about using pepper spray on Donald Burgess

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'New wrinkle' in street robberies: New Haven thieves using pepper spray to incapacitate victims

Victims of two recent street crimes in New Haven reported being sprayed with the irritant before being robbed, police say.
BBC

Everton v Leeds: Pepper spray use towards fans 'proportionate and necessary', say police

Merseyside Police say the use of pepper spray towards Leeds fans at Everton on Saturday was "proportionate and necessary" during an incident where a man was arrested for assaulting an officer. Videos ...