ATMs Armed with Pepper Spray in South Africa

Absa Bank in South Africa began equipping its ATM machines with pepper spray, to be deployed against peopel who try to tamper with the cash machines. Equipping an ATM machine to squirt pepper spray at users: what...

Texas Police Taser Pastor Jose Moran, Pepper Spray Church Crowd

Texas police used a taser on Iglesias Profetica Peniel Church pastor Jose Moran after he interfered with what as a routine traffic stop.  Pastor Jose Moran intervened while police were conducting a traffic stop in the parking lot of Iglesias Profetica Peniel Church which...

Denver Cops Mace Their Own Provocateurs at Dem Convention

In a fascist Keystone Kops scenario, Denver police agent provocatuers and a uniformed police commander were pepper-sprayed by another officer who didn't know their struggle was staged. The presence of the provocateurs was revealed in a police report obtained by the ACLU,...

Robber Hires Henchmen on Craiglist

A armored-truck robber took a page from Thomas Crown and gave it a Web 2.0 twist: he used Craigslist to hire his accomplices, who unwittingly acted as decoys for his getaway, for which he threw in a bit of Prison...

Second Voice Report from Mikasi in St Paul, Minnesota

"This is Mikasi. Still on (??) place. Everything has been pretty ecstatic just wanna call and say that the offices with the pepper spray and the teargas has been put in the position. Some of them they have weapons...

Chile soccer players clash with Toronto police

" TORONTO (Reuters) - World soccer body FIFA is investigating a clash between Chile's Under-20 soccer team and Toronto police late Thursday, with Chileans accusing police of using pepper spray and electric-shock guns against their players. The brawl took place shortly...

Killer raccoons on prowl in Washington

"Raccoons are cute, until they kill one of your cats. That is what a west Olympia neighborhood is learning this summer. Raccoons have killed about 10 cats in a three-block area near the Garfield Nature Trail at...

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