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Um.....the kid could have been hurt far worse with a baton. Like ohhh...a slight mis with the baton could send your kneeecap to places it was not designed to go, or even break a leg. Pepper mace is not used with a slight whiff. I've been trained to spray for one full second, ...trust me that's not a whiff....and if if an officer is using a spray instead of a foam....there will be a mist that will affect the officer and bystanders, especially in the enclosed are of the room they were in.

If I'm spraying someone, I don't want them to flee, I want to arrest them....to bring them under control so they or myself don't get hurt in an altercation. If someone has to get hurt..better the suspect than me.

Funny, throughout history when the rights of the individual have been taken away it has too often been said that it would be "for their own safety". I don't want or need that brand of safety. As a good and law-biding American citizen I'd choose to remain safe from renegade police officers.

PS: Please stop referring back to "This kid" or just this incident. This is not an isolated incident. Google the 2004 world series in Boston where the police killed a young girl by shooting tear gas bombs into the bleachers. Real safe for everybody. NOT. Also let me remind you to look at my previous posts, I AM NOT and HAVE NOT and WILL NOT suggest that abuse of power is a given with police. The contrary is true. That does not give "cover" to those who do abuse the sacred public trust. Stop justifying the actions of bad apples within the force. That one bad apple you may be blindly defending can spoil the whole bunch.