[VIDEO] Anti-Trump Protesters Pepper Spray Children at California Rally
Posted: April 27, 2016 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Anaheim, Associated Press, California, City Council, Donald Trump, Ed Driscoll, Laguna Niguel, Los Angeles Times, Pepper spray, Protest, Rally, Republican Party (United States) Leave a comment
Supporters and opponents of Donald Trump clash at a rally in Anaheim, California on Tuesday, with pepper spray being used against each other. Police say five people, including two little girls, were pepper sprayed by a demonstrator during the heated confrontation.
At Instapundit, Ed Driscoll writes:
Note that in the tweets from San Francisco-based KCBS and ABC News that Twitchy links to, it’s ambiguous as to who was doing the pepper-spraying. Both tweets link to an AP report that requires wading past the headline and three paragraphs before being told “At one point, an opponent unleashed a hand-held pepper-spray device on the pro-Trump crowd.” If all you read were the tweets or the headlines and ledes, you’d have no idea who was doing the pepper-spraying.
WAR ON COPS: Police Searching for Suspects After Cop Shot and Killed in Chicago Suburb
Posted: September 1, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption | Tags: Ballistic trauma, Bede, Chicago, Chicago Loop, Chicago Tribune, Elementary school, Manhunt, Pepper spray, Police officer, War on Cops, WGN-TV, White people 1 CommentOfficer died at scene, found without his gun, equipment
AWR Hawkins reports: According to CBS Chicago, “Lake County Sheriff’s Det. Chris Covelli said, around 7:50 a.m., the officer radioed he was pursuing three suspects, after looking into their ‘suspicious activity.’ Police lost radio contact with the officer, who was later found with a gunshot wound.”
Police indicate that the trio consists of two white males and one black male. CBS Chicago points to “unconfirmed reports” that the trio may have taken the fallen “officer’s gun and pepper spray.”
The manhunt appears to be centered “on a marshy area off Rainier Way and Rollins Road.” Read the rest of this entry »
Movie Theater Attack: When is America Going to Get Serious About Hatchet Control?
Posted: August 5, 2015 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Guns and Gadgets, Self Defense, U.S. News | Tags: Antioch, Brian Haas, Hatchet, Mad Max Fury Road, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department, Movie theater, Nashville, Pepper spray, SWAT, Tennessee, Theatre 1 CommentNASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Atlanta/AP) — A suspect wielding a hatchet and a gun inside a Nashville-area movie theater died after exchanging gunshots with a SWAT team that stormed the theater, police said Wednesday.
The suspect, only identified so far as 51-year-old white male, was wearing a surgical mask and was armed with a gun and a hatchet at the Carmike Hickory 8 theater in Antioch, said Don Aaron, a spokesman for Metro Nashville police. The suspect was said to be a local resident. Read the rest of this entry »
Hong Kong Students Surround Government Offices
Posted: November 30, 2014 Filed under: Asia, China, Global, Politics | Tags: Chief Executive of Hong Kong, China, CY Leung, Government of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Police Force, Mong Kok, Mong Kok District, Pan-democracy camp, Pepper spray, Protest, Special administrative region 2 Comments
Police Use Pepper Spray, Batons to Stop Protesters’ Advance
HONG KONG—Isabella Steger, Biman Mukherji and Phred Dvorak reporting: Police deployed pepper spray and used batons to push back thousands of protesters trying to block government offices, the latest escalation of the pro-democracy movement that entered its third month with no signs of resolution.
“We will continue our fight for democracy. We will keep up the pressure on the government.”
— Oscar Lai, a spokesman for Scholarism
The Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism, the two groups leading the demonstrations, called on crowds assembled at a protest site to surround the central government offices and the office of the chief executive, the city’s top official, aiming to block government workers from entering Monday morning. Early Monday, police beat back the crowds and cleared the road outside the chief executive’s office. At least 40 people were arrested, police said.
The HKFS stressed that protesters should stay peaceful and not use force. The student groups asked protesters to bring umbrellas, goggles, masks, food supplies and helmets to Sunday’s assembly, to protect themselves in case police responded with pepper spray or tear gas.
After the call to surround the government offices, protesters filled the roads around the complex where the buildings and Hong Kong legislature are located, skirmishing in some areas with police who used pepper spray and batons to stop their advance. Read the rest of this entry »
Hong Kong Protests Hit 2.3 Million in Tweets
Posted: October 2, 2014 Filed under: Asia, China, Mediasphere | Tags: China, Hong Kong, Pepper spray, Protest, Tear gas, Twitter, Umbrella Revolution 1 CommentMaya Pope-Chappell reports: There have been more than 2.3 million tweets related to the protests in Hong Kong since Sept. 27, according to Twitter data.
Though talk of the protests is still abuzz on the social network, the number of tweets has waned since Sunday’s crackdown by police, which saw more than 700 tweets per minute about the protests.
[More: How the protests unfolded on Twitter]
As photos of protesters using umbrellas to protect themselves against pepper spray and tear gas spread, the movement took on the name “Umbrella Revolution,” which also began appearing as a hashtag on Twitter and in Western media. Read the rest of this entry »
EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong Democracy Demonstrations — Night 4
Posted: October 1, 2014 Filed under: Asia, Breaking News, China, Dr. Strangelove's Notebook | Tags: Bank of China Tower, China, CY Leung, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chief Executive, Hong Kong people, National Day, Pepper spray 2 CommentsThe leading English language paper in Hong Kong is reporting that “leaders” of the student demonstrators have set a deadline of tomorrow for Hong Kong’s Chief Executive (basically, the governor), C.Y. Leung, to resign. If he doesn’t, they say they’ll start to “occupy” government buildings:
I assume that if this happens, things may well turn ugly again, as they did on the first night when riot police fired tear gas into the crowd and sprayed the students with pepper spray.
But tonight, in the middle of the two-day National Day holiday (ironically, celebrating the 65th anniverary of the founding of the Peoples Republic of China), the crowds at the Central/Admiralty district site swelled and an almost carnival-like atmosphere prevailed:

Hongkongers have donated thousands of umbrellas to the demonstrators. The movement has come to be known as the “Umbrella Revolution,” because the students used umbrellas to protect themselves from pepper spray on the first night.

Although the majority of Hongkongers are Cantonese-speaking Chinese, Hong Kong is a multi-ethnic city and many groups had signs expressing solidarity.

Signs along the blocked freeway’s guardrails in many languages expressed support for the demonstrators.

The iconic Bank of China Tower provides a backdrop to one high spot favored by photographers capturing the throng.

The pedestrian overpass leading to the central government building is festooned with pro-democracy banners and slogans urging Hongkongers to maintain their resolve.

Volunteers press water bottles and food on people passing along the main walkway through the heart of the demonstration.

Volunteers man a spot set aside for crossing over the concrete barriers on either side of the blocked road.