How Safe is Pepper Spray?

HOW SAFE IS PEPPER SPRAY? WHAT THEY WON'T TELL YP ROUT THE SORE N DEADLY POLICE WEAPON On November 18, 2011, police officers on the campus of University of California, Davis, were filmed casually dousing nonviolent protesters with a solution called O.C. People worldwide immeaiately This isn't your mom's condemned this act, but few pepper spray. understand the true extent of the damage that police-grade spray - better known pepper spray can cause. as pepper spray. THE POWER OF PEPPER SPRAY Police-grade pepper spray is: 3x C1000x stronger than civilian spray stronger than jalapeno peppers JALAPENO CIVILIAN POLICE PEPPER GRADE SPRAY PEPPER SPRAY 5,000 Scoville Units 2 MILLION Scoville Units 5.3 MILLION Scoville units HABANERO 350,000 Scoville Units Pepper spray is classified as a chemical weapon worldwide and is banned from being used in war. GHOST PEPPER 1 MILLION Scoville Scale: The scientific Scoville Units measurement of the spiciness, or 'piquancy,' of chili peppers. HOW IT WORKS: PEPPER SPRAY GOES INTO THE ES, NOSE, AND MOUTH. CAPSAICIN REACTS WITH NERVES IN THE MUCOUS MEMBRANES Breathing Difficulty - Lasts 3-15 minutes Blindness - Lasts 15-30 minutes Burning - Lasts 45-60 minutes VICTIM FEELS PURE PAIN AND HEAT PEPPER SPRAY KILLS When police use pepper spray indiscriminately, they risk lives. SINCE 1990, NEARLY 70 PEOPLE HAVE DIED IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER BEING PEPPER FATALITIES" SPRAYED. The U.S. Army: Duke University: Amnesty International: High doses of pepper spray can produce Pepper spray can cause Pepper spray is a "POSSIBLE "SUDDEN "CRUEL, HUMAN DEATH" INHUMAN," AND "TANTAMOUNT TO TORTURE" Several factors can lead to death from pepper spray: ASTHMA ALLERGIES HEART CONDITIONS WHAT TO DO IF YOU'RE SPRAYED: DON'T TOUCH YOUR FACE BLINK QUICKLY This will make you tear up and can help flush out the spray. You can spread the spray to other areas of the body USE DISH SOAP OR SHAMPOO APPLY MILK Milk will help stop the burning but it won't wash out the spray Water alone will not work. Mix soap with water to cleanse the area After the incident at UC Davis, Kamran Loghman, one of the original developers of pepper spray, stated, "I have never seen such an inappropriate and improper use of chemical agents." Pepper spray is a dangerous weapon, and its substantial risk to human health and safety makes its use against peaceful protesters unacceptable. Stand up against police brutality. ONLINECRIMINALJUSTICEDEGREE.COM http://occupyamerica.crooksandliars.com/diane- sweet/rage-over-pepper-spraying-ucdavis-stud - http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/23/us/pepper-sprays- fallout-from-crowd-control-to-mocking-images.html http://www.eatmorechiles.com/Scoville_Heat.html http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=D1029 http://home.howstuffworks.com/home- improvement/household-safety/security/pepper-spray.htm http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest- blog/2011/11/21/about-pepper-spray/ http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/the-lay- scientist/2011/nov/22/how-dangerous-is-pepper-spray Attribution aO90 NonCommercial NoDerivs