• burntbacon@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Ah, after reading the article about what happened: for those who can’t make out what’s happening, middle camo dipshit is pointing a pepper ball gun at the priest, and apparently just fired it. That dot to the top left of the pastor’s head may be the pepper ball.

    For those who don’t know, you are not supposed to use these pepper guns at such close range (I mean, ideally you wouldn’t be using them at all on protestors, but jesus the fucking overton window is fucked right now). They can cause quite a bit of damage that isn’t the ‘intended’ purpose of deterrent when used at close range.

    • redhorsejacket@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      10 months ago

      I don’t know which article you read, but I can tell you straight up that you’re mistaken about what this photo is showing. Middle camo is holding a big thing of pepper spray or similar irritant, which IS designed to be deployed at this range.

      This, of course, doesn’t change the fact that dipshit shouldn’t be in Chicago, let alone pepper spraying (presumably non-violent) priests, but we don’t need to invent misdeeds, there’s plenty real examples to choose from.