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Police Use Pepper Spray to Disperse Protesters Outside Trump Rally in Kansas City
New York Times ^ | 12 March 2016 10:18pm ET | Marc Tracy

Posted on 03/12/2016 10:45:00 PM PST by blueplum

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The police used pepper spray twice to disperse protesters outside Donald J. Trump’s rally here Saturday night, just 24 hours after confrontations between his supporters and demonstrators led to the cancellation of a Chicago event.

Cellphone video posted on social media appeared to show as many as four cans of spray being used at one point as protesters confronted police officers on foot and on horseback.

Andrea Tunks, 19, said she and several other protesters had locked arms and faced down two police horses and numerous officers in front of the theater where the rally took place.

She said she believed the police were preparing to have the horses walk toward them. At that point, she said, she was sprayed

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: dontspraymebro; elections; moveon; primaries; trump
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To: moehoward

Holding an Israeli gun.


21 posted on 03/13/2016 12:15:08 AM PST by DesertRhino ("I want those feeble mined asses overthrown,,,")
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To: blueplum

When I was a young lad I spent my summers at Culver Military Academy in the cavalry troop. You do not want to have men on horseback ride you down.


22 posted on 03/13/2016 12:26:34 AM PST by henkster
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To: blueplum

Don’t skimp pn the spray guys.


23 posted on 03/13/2016 1:07:01 AM PST by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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To: toddausauras
Maybe they need a special EPA assessment prior to using more than 4 cans at a time.

I guess its the propellant that causes global warming.

24 posted on 03/13/2016 3:03:04 AM PDT by spokeshave (Somewhere there is a ceiling for Trump.....Yeah, it's called The Oval Office)
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To: BigEdLB
Let's find out what Grumpy Cosby has to say on this subject...

GrumpyCosby

Thanks Grumpy Cosby...
25 posted on 03/13/2016 3:21:57 AM PDT by Stormy_2021 (I have total cognizance of every synapse in my cerebral cortex. Pear Pimples for Hairy Fishnuts!)
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To: spokeshave

HA, thanks for the laugh!!


26 posted on 03/13/2016 3:24:34 AM PDT by toddausauras (Trump 2016)
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To: Repeal The 17th

The Kukla, Fran & Ollie vote ???


27 posted on 03/13/2016 4:03:38 AM PDT by RaginRak
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Pepper spray gets only a portion of the job done. Always use the MILSPEC CS tear gas + pepper spray. That you don’t recover from anytime soon. You also remember it like you were waterboarded for 30 minutes straight.

(Available on Amazon and other fine retailers)


28 posted on 03/13/2016 4:07:48 AM PDT by USCG SimTech (Honored to serve since '71)
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To: blueplum
Andrea Tunks, 19, said she and several other protesters had locked arms and faced down two police horses and numerous officers in front of the theater where the rally took place.

She said she believed the police were preparing to have the horses walk toward them. At that point, she said, she was sprayed

Duhhh.

You play stupid games, you win stupid prizes.

29 posted on 03/13/2016 4:20:08 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: blueplum

The Democrat (Fascist) Brown Shirts are angry, hateful bigots.


30 posted on 03/13/2016 4:36:38 AM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: USCG SimTech

In a pinch Use Wasp Spray,,,
shoots twenty feet.


31 posted on 03/13/2016 5:11:03 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: USCG SimTech; bushwon

Perhaps FR should Gird it’s Loins when attending
a Peaceful rally,,,

video recording devices,

pepper spray,
noise makers,
hard hats
and Bandanas .

We need a resource for tools and tactics when in
contact with these Thugs and Ferals.


32 posted on 03/13/2016 5:39:56 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: catnipman
only four cans? did they run out or something?

The video is interesting. Pepper spray volley fire!

33 posted on 03/13/2016 6:35:37 AM PDT by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: blueplum

They all came from Lawrence, KS. It is “Madison-lite” in the Commie sense. Graduated in 94. Rock Chalk Jay Hawk.


34 posted on 03/13/2016 6:39:25 AM PDT by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!)
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To: bucephalus

It’s an open primary.


35 posted on 03/13/2016 6:50:32 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: DoodleDawg

Pepper spray (OC), tear gas and high pressure water cannons do wonders to disperse crowds. There needs to be more use of the tools to quell with street rats and disrupters. Enough is enough.


36 posted on 03/13/2016 6:53:17 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: DaveA37
Pepper spray (OC), tear gas and high pressure water cannons do wonders to disperse crowds. There needs to be more use of the tools to quell with street rats and disrupters. Enough is enough.

Oh come on. Peaceful protest is a right protected by the Constitution. We may not agree with them but their right to protest across the street from Trump's rally is not something to be hit with tear gas or water cannon. Would you say the same about a protest outside of a Hillary rally? Or a protest outside an abortion clinic? Now if they get out of line then yes they should be arrested, and all indications are last night they were.

37 posted on 03/13/2016 6:59:46 AM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: blueplum

Don’t these protesters realize that their efforts are going to have the exact opposite effect of what they intend? That they’’ll end up persuading the undecided to vote Trump? I have to laugh because it’s happened before — 1968.


38 posted on 03/13/2016 7:08:03 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: blueplum
Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state, for every form of power politics and any dictatorship-run state has its roots in the street.
Josef Goebbels

39 posted on 03/13/2016 7:18:25 AM PDT by Savage Beast (Whoever can conquer the street will one day conquer the state. Josef Goebbels)
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To: BigEdLB

Now time to break out the rubber bullets.


40 posted on 03/13/2016 7:26:21 AM PDT by No Socialist
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