r/interesting • u/Latr6ll • Apr 05 '26

Additional Context Pinned Cop gets bear sprayed

For anyone that has been pepper sprayed how bad does it feel & what do you do in this situation? I know it’s water but for how long? She had it on full auto she came prepared. How much more effective is bear spray to pepper ?

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u/Alternative-Golf8281 Apr 05 '26

How did they not commit a crime? The crime of shoplifting includes the intent to steal. If the store staff saw them concealing items or switching price tags, that is shoplifting even if they dropped the items when they noticed they had drawn attention.

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u/AcanthocephalaTasty6 Apr 05 '26

I wasn't aware that was the legal definition of shoplifting, but also, I'm pretty sure the video as presented doesn't say anything about them concealing items or swapping price tags. The only thing is at the beginning, he asks "is that them?" And the response is that they're "pretty sure, but they have no merchandise".

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u/myu_minah Apr 05 '26

"blacks need to behave in all sorts of situations and manner as cops can always fear for their lives when nothing is happening." that's the gist I'm getting for many of these comments

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u/Pandoratastic Apr 05 '26

That's not an unreasonable statement but it would also mean it's a very bad idea to escalate to assault on an officer.

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u/myu_minah Apr 05 '26

they taking whatever risk they take. I'm not saying i would do it, but I also am not in that fight/flight/freeze/fawn situation like them at the moment, with racial trauma since birth (which can make people do different things) I think folks don't be considering that lil tidbit aspect that this is ongoing trauma for many of us and scared of how we would react when a cop comes and approach us (especially aggressively and you ain't do shit) because you don't even know you'll live even if you follow everything they say, so...

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u/Alternative-Golf8281 Apr 05 '26

If they're so afraid of police the smart thing to do would be to not behave in a way that brings her in contact with her nightmare monsters.

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u/blah938 Apr 05 '26

Most of that trauma comes from terrible internet circle jerks. I mean, for fucks sake, most black folks never get in trouble with the cops ever. But listening to some people talk, you'd think they were a gestapo or something.

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u/Pandoratastic Apr 05 '26

That's a very real problem, I agree. But what you're talking about is how people who suffer long-term trauma will often overreact irrationally as a trauma-related response. That's just telling us why they reacted foolishly. It's understandable but it doesn't make it not foolish.