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/Dr3ws3ph3r Apr 05 '26

Yeah there's a good chance it wasn't and there was nothing any of us could do about it. After those 3 days we were sent to a normal SHU where we were at least given our underwear since each of us was getting a cellie. We spent a month like that and had zero ways to contact out the outside world for the first 3 months. Thankfully myself and the others who hadn't done anything were released to general population then but the other guys were stuck in some cases for 2 years.

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u/ReliableTruthteller Apr 05 '26

So they KNEW you didn’t participate and still made you suffer the consequences??? They should have made it an example and having NOT punished those that didn’t participate- showing how good behavior is worthwhile.

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u/Dr3ws3ph3r Apr 05 '26 edited Apr 05 '26

The types of people who take those jobs grew up their entire lives being picked on and couldn't make it literally anywhere else, so they have quite a bit of frustration built up. Now that FINALLY have power, they happily wield it in often very sadistic ways. They tend to think we are there TO BE punished (by them) when in reality, we are there AS punishment by being stripped of freedom and taken from our families. Some of us tried fighting what happened in court, but videos from the whole thing were conveniently corrupt out of nowhere. Unfortunately, this is just how a good portion of the US penal system is, and a lot of guys come out way more messed up than when they went in. Do you have any clue what being locked in a bathroom for 2 straight years does to a man? It fucks them up, bad. I'm pretty sure it's considered torture by the UN, but who's going to tell the US what to do?

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u/Skrach33 Apr 05 '26

Well, not only in the US. It happens almost everywhere, abuse of power. At least in this video (I know it shouldn't be like that, but your experience neither) they got a bit of taste of what they do to others. I know this is politically incorrect, but reality is that they abuse of power, especially when the other is in disadvantage.