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Monday 27 March 2023 Dublin: -2°C

# Pepper Spray

This month
March 2023
# Georgia
Thousands protest in Georgia against 'foreign agents' bill after police clamp down
Last night, police used tear gas and water cannon to disperse the protesters.
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Mar 8th 2023, 8:20 PM
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# rochester
US police pepper-sprayed 9-year-old girl, footage shows
The video sparked new outrage over excesses committed by the country’s law enforcement.
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Feb 1st 2021, 11:50 AM
# non lethal force
Gardaí used pepper spray more than 250 times so far this year
There have been eight instances of Taser use and one report of use of a firearm.
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Jun 13th 2019, 12:39 PM
# FOI
Gardaí fail to notify GSOC about more than half of taser discharges within required 48-hour period
The requirement was introduced by gardaí in 2010 to help GSOC gather evidence.
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Mar 10th 2019, 8:30 AM
# Your Say
Poll: Should pepper spray be legalised in Ireland?
Pepper spray and taser guns are currently illegal to possess here.
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Mar 12th 2018, 9:19 AM
# rural ireland
No plans to legalise pepper spray or tasers in Ireland
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice said it isn’t possible to police rural Ireland the same way as Dublin.
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Mar 11th 2018, 4:00 PM
# Kinnegad
Gardaí use batons and pepper spray to break up massive wedding brawl in Westmeath
Guests at the wedding assaulted one another with keys and glass bottles.
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Aug 23rd 2017, 6:05 AM
# cleared
Gardaí cleared following allegations of pepper spraying woman and 'refusing her water and medical attention'
GSOC investigated the complaint and deemed it “neither reasonable nor practicable to carry out any further investigative steps”.
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Jul 13th 2015, 7:00 AM
# Dublin
Investigation finds garda use of pepper spray against homeless man was justified
The investigation was launched after a video went viral showing the garda arresting the man on Dublin’s Henry Street.
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May 6th 2015, 6:16 PM
# self-defence
Protecting yourself with pepper spray is illegal and that's not changing
The minister says protecting citizens is the job of the gardai.
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Mar 2nd 2015, 6:55 AM
# the kyle files
Here's the moment Jeremy Kyle got pepper sprayed in Magaluf
There are just so many layers to this.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 9:10 PM
# frustrations mounting
Remember the protests in Hong Kong? They're still going - and are more violent
This is the third month of the protests, and police used pepper spray and batons on the students overnight.
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Dec 1st 2014, 7:48 AM
# Arrests
Anger outside Coolock Garda Station after water charge protesters are arrested
Protesters claim pepper spray was used, however, the gardaí would give no confirmation.
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Nov 6th 2014, 7:00 AM
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Thursday
Everybody’s talking about the youths arrested over St. Patrick’s Day assault, Leo Varadkar and Callinan and those no make-up selfies.
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Mar 20th 2014, 11:00 PM
# not such a happy meal
Man charged after kicking in door and attacking McDonald's staff with pepper spray
He has been charged and is due to appear in court next week.
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Mar 20th 2014, 10:28 AM
# lockout 2013
Lockout protest: Mini-march, TD jostled and pepper spray
Although the turnout was lower than expected at today’s Dáil Lockout protest, there were a few tense stand-offs.
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Sep 18th 2013, 11:19 PM
# Lockout
Two hospitalised after gardaí use pepper spray during Dublin protests
A third person was treated for injuries related to a fall when people tried to break through barriers outside Leinster House.
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Sep 18th 2013, 10:53 PM
# no holds barred
Amazing voicemail describes old ladies beating man with umbrella
Man crashes into a car full of old ladies and then they assault him.
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Jul 8th 2013, 7:00 PM
# need to know
The Evening Fix… now with added Xtra-vision memories
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
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Apr 29th 2013, 7:50 PM
# Dublin 8
Man charged after pepper spray discharged in Tivoli Theatre
Four theatre-goers were believed to be affected but none required hospital treatment.
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Apr 29th 2013, 5:07 PM
# Robbery
Gardaí seek witnesses to robbery at Castleblayney jewellery shop
Diamonds and gold jewellery were stolen after a Co Monaghan jeweller was pepper-sprayed during a raid yesterday morning.
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Mar 8th 2012, 12:10 PM
# Black Friday
Woman who allegedly pepper-sprayed Black Friday crowd surrenders
The pepper-spraying was just one of a number of incidents across the US on the notoriously busy kick-off to the Christmas shopping season.
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Nov 26th 2011, 7:47 PM
# Black Friday
Shopper pepper-sprays Black Friday crowd in push for Xbox
Police are looking for a woman in Porter Ranch, California who reportedly injured 20 people at a Walmart store with pepper spray as the shop opened early for the annual sale.
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Nov 25th 2011, 7:50 PM
# Daily Fix
The Daily Fix: Monday
Catch up on the day’s biggest stories, as well as the bits and pieces you may have missed…
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Nov 21st 2011, 7:29 PM
# occupy
Two officers suspended over pepper-spraying of peaceful protesters
Shocking video shows University of California Davis campus police liberally dousing students with pepper spray during a non-violent protest. Two officers have been suspended and an investigation ordered – however the university’s chancellor has refused to step down over the incident.
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Nov 21st 2011, 10:00 AM
# Superhero
Photos, video: Seattle 'Superhero' Phoenix Jones in court
Self-styled crime fighter Phoenix Jones, aka Ben Fodor, was in court over allegedly assaulting several people in a pepper spray incident earlier this month.
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Oct 14th 2011, 10:48 AM
# UK
Investigation launched over death of man Tasered by police
It is believed the man who was shot with a Taser gun was also suffering from self-inflicted stab wounds. The death is the third in eight days connected to police use of Tasers and pepper-spray in the UK.
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Aug 24th 2011, 11:54 AM
# UK
Man dies following police pepper spray use in England
An investigation has been launched into the second death in police custody in England in the course of a week.
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Aug 23rd 2011, 3:10 PM