Several US schools to install pepper-spraying drones to respond to school shootings

The company said its goal is to “escalate the effects in waves of 3 or 4 drones, keeping the shooter occupied until he/she can be apprehended by authorized responders”….

 https://www.theguardian.com/education/2026/jul/28/school-shootings-pepper-spray-drones

 

Lawmakers Demand Reforms to Immigration Officers’ Use of Tear Gas and Pepper Spray — ProPublica

A ProPublica investigation found that scores of children were hurt by these chemicals during President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown. Lawmakers say the findings show more restrictions are needed...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/lawmakers-demand-reforms-tear-gas-children 

Trump’s Immigration Crackdown Has Harmed Scores of Kids With Tear Gas, Pepper Spray — ProPublica

“Tear gassing expectant mothers, children, and babies shocks the conscience,” U.S. District Court Judge Sara Ellis wrote in her ruling in November. She found that ICE and CBP officers used excessive force, deploying the weapons “without justification, often without warning” against people who didn’t pose a physical threat...

 https://www.propublica.org/article/kids-tear-gas-trump-immigration-crackdown

 

Noem backtracks on ICE pepper spray denial amid tension in Minneapolis

Noem first denied the judge's finding, but after being shown a video of chemical agents being used on four occasions, she backtracked and said her department "only use those chemical agents when there's violence happening and perpetuating and you need to be able to establish law in order to keep people safe".…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/kristi-noem-pepper-spray-minneapolis-ice 

 

Ohio police officers charged with assault, 'dereliction of duty' during George Floyd protest - ABC News

…Walls was working as a bicycle police officer on May 30 when his own body camera showed him allegedly "pepper-spraying peaceful protesters who were standing on the sidewalk" in downtown Columbus, according to Wozniak's affidavit…

https://abcnews.go.com/US/ohio-police-officers-charged-assault-dereliction-duty-george/story

US army officer sues police who pointed guns and pepper-sprayed him during traffic stop

..."These cameras captured footage of behavior consistent with a disgusting nationwide trend of law enforcement officers who, believing they can operate with complete impunity, engage in unprofessional, discourteous, racially biased, dangerous and sometimes deadly abuses of authority," the lawsuit says...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/apr/10/caron-nazario-army-police-guns-pepper-spray

Soldier sues Virginia policemen for pepper spray incident

A U.S. Army lieutenant filed a lawsuit against two Virginia police officers over what court papers say was a violent traffic stop, in which officers pointed their guns, knocked him to the ground and pepper sprayed him.
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