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The fourth Tuesday of the school year, Memphis-Shelby County Schools employees used pepper spray at five different schools for five different fights. At 7:30 a.m., on Aug. 30, MSCS employees used ...

Staying safe amid crime waves is a major concern for many today, especially for people in America’s big cities. Given recent reports of violent crime, having self-defense tools on hand and knowing how ...

Melissa Lewis, an independent journalist from Oregon, was documenting a far-right rally in Portland last August when she says a man rushed up and sprayed her with bear mace. The chemical seeped into ...

Gabriel da Silva does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...

Last September, the Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice described several wrongful uses of pepper spray on youths in detention as isolated errors that happened in early 2023 while employees ...