Re: [CH] Heat over police pepper spray
Calvin Donaghey (gdonaghey@bitstreet.com)
Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:23:31 -0500
The Old Bear wrote:
> Gosh, I love what people send me in my morning email. The following
> is a news clipping forwarded to me by a friend. I submit it to you,
> without further comment, for your erudition and entertainment...
>
> Heat over police pepper spray
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>
> CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS -- Many doctors and law enforcement
> specialists say it sounds crazy. Nonetheless, police here assert
> that they instruct their officers that a potent anticrime weapon,
> pepper spray, is less effective against Mexican-Americans, Cajuns,
> and other ethnic groups, because of their fondness for spicy foods.
> ME!! ME!! I'll try it.!! Can you put it in Salsa???
> You don't give a [longer] burst to a person who is Mexican,
> Latin American, or Chinese."
How about Irish?? Are they leaving out the Irish??? I think my Civil Rights
have been violated.I wonder how you would sign up to be a test subject to
check your resistance to Spray and relate it to your passion for HEAT.??