Pepper spray use on revelers to face Columbus Police Review [View all]
Students interviewed by The Dispatch said they were caught up in the mayhem without even realizing what was unfolding around them. Some said they had heard no commands to disperse before being hit with gas or spray.
Morgan Johnson, 20, and a group of friends were walking south on the N. High Street sidewalk when they were overpowered by a cloud of pepper spray around E. 13th Avenue. Johnson said she did't’t hear any warnings before her lungs, throat and eyes started burning.
“I wasn't’t even directly sprayed with it,” the third-year Ohio State public-affairs major said. “ Immediately my eyes started swelling with tears. You’re spitting up. It was something I’I've never experienced.”
Johnson said that she and her friends weren't’t causing problems or blocking roads.
“To pepper-spray people who might be walking to get food or just walking down the street, that’s insane,” she said. “That’s egregious.”
http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2015/01/13/Fans_tear_down_south_goal_post_at_Ohio_Stadium.html
Looks like the police finally got to practice with their camo wear and armored vehicle. These citizens got educated last night. Now...is it time to wake up?
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