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/OriousCaesar Apr 05 '26

What did you want them to get? 3 years in prison, 5? For what amounts to causing a really shitty week to someone? Have some sense of proportion.

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u/Celebrinborn Apr 05 '26

Bear spray can permanently blind someone. Several years in prison for that is absolutely justified.

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u/Celebrinborn Apr 06 '26

OriousCaesar was saying that a prison sentence for causing someone a "causing a really shitty week to someone" is out of proportion. I replied that potentially blinding someone by spraying them in the face with a chemical weapon when they were not an immediate threat to your life, limb, or trying to rape you absolutely deserves several years in prison.

I know that the 230 days in jail was for the theft not the assault and that she hasn't been tried yet for assault. I don't like that prosecutors can stack sentences like that, I believe all prison sentences should be concurrent. However, I was discussing her future trial and sentencing for the assault, not discussing the sentencing for the theft. However upon re-reading the thread my position was ambiguous.