Why Do Police Officers Use Pepper Spray ? (Wired Science)
►http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/11/pepper-spray-psychology/?intcid=story_ribbon
When pepper spray became a mainstream law enforcement tool in the 1990s, it was hailed as a relatively peaceful alternative to harsh physical violence. But as demonstrated by the routine spraying of Occupy Wall Street activists, culminating in the horrific assault at the University of California, Davis, pepper spray can too easily become a tool of first and excessive resort. (...) Source: Wired Science
