Cop Pepper Sprays Moviegoers
Published July 27, 2004
At a movie theater in St. Petersburg, FL, Warronnica Harris was at a movie theater when her cell phone rang. She answered the call which prompted Officer John Douglas to shine a flashlight on her and her boyfriend and ask them to leave. When they got to the lobby, the boyfriend turned to ask the cop why he was making them leave, and the officer pepper sprayed them both.
Now I think it's extremely rude to answer your cell phone in a movie theater, but I don't think it rises to the level of having to pepper spray someone after they've already peacefully left the theater. Besides, it was a showing of Catwoman. They were probably the only two people in the theater anyway.
Originally posted at Evilwhiteguy's Blog.
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If I were maced I think it would make me more aggressive. I would have punched the cop in the nuts.
That's why guns are better at going after bad guys, most people really get more aggressive when they are maced.
Macing the two little disruptive punks was the only applause the cat-woman goers gave. Kudos for justice!
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Best part of the story: "The man turned and asked the officer why he was making them leave and the cop just maced him in the face," Gray said. "They weren't yelling or touching him. The man bent over and the girl asked why he maced her boyfriend. Then the cop maced her, and she dropped her soda."