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No, normal pepper spray at point blank, about an inch from her face, from a police officer arresting her.
by grawprog 6y ago
No, normal pepper spray at point blank, about an inch from her face, from a police officer arresting her.
- dekhn 6y agothere's got to be some relevant detail missing here, pepper spray wouldn't cause your eyes to disintegrate in the way you described.
- influx 6y agoI wonder if it's just from the force of the propellant at too close a range. Can't be good for the eye.
- grawprog 6y agoThis probably had a lot to do with it, I wasn't implying the tear gas itself can melt eyes. But used that way, at close range it can be more damaging than a firearm. She also ended up with some respiratory problems, but I don't know much about that, it wasn't part of my girlfriend's work.
- herewulf 6y agoOleoresin capsicum (OC) can cause a hydraulic needle effect if sprayed from too close. The velocity of the stream allows it to penetrate the eye tissue. A trained user would know the range in which it is dangerous (usually about 3 ft but depending on manufacturer, type, etc). So the police officer in question could have felt especially threatened and used it in a manner that he/she knew would be damaging or, more likely, it was an excessive use of force. However, the amount of damage you describe sounds rather exaggerated. Maybe you mean "disintegrated" corneas, not the whole eyeball?
- DanBC 6y agoSome police forces are using pepper balls in airguns, and I wonder if it's one of those? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGCLL-rxQVQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cGCLL-rxQVQ
- grawprog 6y ago>describe sounds rather exaggerated. Maybe you mean "disintegrated" corneas, not the whole eyeball? That was how it was described to me. Well the words use were more like completely gone or something like that but essentially the same thing. She got a nice up close view with an opthalmic camera so...that I guess.