Expert: Showing pepper spray in welcome week arrest was ‘show of force’

East Lansing prosecutors are asking a district court judge to rule that mentioning pepper spray during the trial of a 22-year ...
88.5 WFDD

Pepper spray used to break up downtown Winston-Salem fights that escalated, police say

A fight inside a downtown bar in Winston-Salem escalated into multiple altercations in the street late Tuesday. Police say ...
Hoodline

Harnett Jail Shock As Three Ex-Guards Busted In Pepper-Spray Beatdown

Three former detention officers at the Harnett County Detention Center are now on the other side of the justice system, ...

Regina police use 2 spike belts, pepper spray and Taser in arrest of suspected car thief

Regina police say they had to use two spike belts to stop a car, and then used pepper spray and a Taser on a 25-year-old man, as they chased down the suspected car thief on Wednesday. The incident ...
WRBL

Tear gas, pepper spray and arrests as protesters try to storm a Wisconsin beagle lab

BLUE MOUNDS, Wis. (AP) — Hundreds of animal rights activists who tried to gain entry Saturday to a beagle breeding and research facility in Wisconsin were turned back by police who fired tear gas and ...

Police Use Rubber Bullets and Pepper Spray as 1,000 Protesters Attempt to Storm Wisconsin Beagle Facility

A protest at a Wisconsin dog facility turned chaotic as police used force and made multiple arrests.
The Portland Mercury

Seattle Police Deploy Blast Balls, Pepper Spray, and Arrest Dozens After Declaring “Riot” on Capitol Hill

[The following reporting is from our sister publication The Stranger in Seattle. Follow them here.—eds.] On Saturday many in Seattle anticipated a Portland-like clash between protesters and Trump’s ...