{"id":24707,"date":"2011-12-20T23:35:14","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T06:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/for-those-who-underestimate-the-power-of-pepper-spray.html"},"modified":"2013-05-07T12:56:55","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T18:56:55","slug":"for-those-who-underestimate-the-power-of-pepper-spray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/20\/for-those-who-underestimate-the-power-of-pepper-spray.html","title":{"rendered":"For those who underestimate the power of pepper spray"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pepper-spray\"<\/a>Here’s a nice graphic on the topic which shows (a) how intense police-grade pepper spray is, vs. what people might carry around in their purses or pockets, and (b) how pepper spray is considered a chemical weapon in battlefield conditions and so is illegal for the military to use in combat. #ddtb<\/p>\n

UPDATE: The site I had posted this from asked that the link be removed (for SEO purposes, not anything else). I’ve done so, but I kept a copy of the graphic (which has their URL in it, if you’re interested).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a nice graphic on the topic which shows (a) how intense police-grade pepper spray is, vs. what people might carry around in their purses or pockets, and (b) how pepper spray is considered a chemical weapon in battlefield conditions and so is illegal for the military to use in combat. #ddtb UPDATE: The site … Continue reading “For those who underestimate the power of pepper spray”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":33643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,17],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-plusposts","category-homeland-security","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/pepper-spray.gif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":23898,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/20\/because-non-compliance-active-resistance-pepper-spray-worthy.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":0},"title":"Because non-compliance = active resistance = pepper-spray-worthy","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 20-Nov-11 7:53pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Chemical weapons that cause pain -- they're order-enforcement-riffic! #ddtb Embedded Link UC Davis Pepper-Spray Cops 'Punished,' Also Defended by Ex-Cop Two of the police officers involved in Friday's casually psychopathic pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis have been placed on administrative leave, reports the Associated Press.","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27358,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/04\/12\/in-case-youve-forgotten-about-that-uc-davis-pepper-spray-thing.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":1},"title":"In case you've forgotten about that UC Davis Pepper Spray thing","author":"***Dave","date":"Thu 12-Apr-12 7:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"Sometimes these reports come out and folks get all, \"Oh, that again? Why are we dredging up news from (all of) six months ago?\"They forget, of course, that task forces to report on these sorts of things take time -- time to gather up information, consult with experts, craft the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":23970,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/its-a-crowd-control-tool-and-a-dessert-topping-part-2.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":2},"title":"It's a crowd control tool AND a dessert topping! (Part 2)","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Nov-11 11:22am","format":false,"excerpt":"The science of pepper spray, and its health impacts. No, it's not just \"a food product, essentially,\" dolts at Fox News notwithstanding. #ddtb Embedded Link About Pepper Spray | Speakeasy Science","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"http:\/\/images0-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?container=focus&gadget=a&resize_h=100&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.plos.org%2Fspeakeasyscience%2Ffiles%2F2011%2F11%2Fchilitemp-213x300.jpg","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":23967,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/22\/its-a-crowd-control-tool-and-a-dessert-topping.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":3},"title":"It's a crowd control tool AND a dessert topping!","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 22-Nov-11 8:20am","format":false,"excerpt":"Fox News, is there nothing you cannot make hilarious and\/or maddening in your doltitude? #ddtb Embedded Link 'It's a Food Product, Essentially': Fox News Starts Spinning Pepper Spray Cops Tonight, Fox News hosts Bill O'Reilly and Megyn Kelly got to talking about a UC Davis police officer's appalling use of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24000,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/23\/when-you-have-tools-other-than-a-hammer.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":4},"title":"When you have tools other than a hammer","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 23-Nov-11 6:16am","format":false,"excerpt":"... then apparently you use tools more. That seems to be the case with non-lethal weapons in police arsenals. When the only escalation point is either up-close-and-personal baton beatings, or using a gun, most cops tend to look for alternatives, like, well, talking.But when there's a \"non-lethal\" alternative -- tasers,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24037,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/25\/im-sure-fox-will-write-it-all-off-as-a-holiday-related-food-product-inciden.html","url_meta":{"origin":24707,"position":5},"title":"I'm sure Fox will write it all off as a holiday-related food product inciden…","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 25-Nov-11 12:26pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm sure Fox will write it all off as a holiday-related food product incidentInsanity.I don't know who to feel disgust as more -- the people who get so swept up in material goods to behave in this way, or the retailers who do everything in their power to foment this\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24707"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33644,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24707\/revisions\/33644"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}