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Old Mar 27, 2013 | 5:47 pm
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Wally Bird
 
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Originally Posted by Pup7
If I'd sprayed five coworkers with pepper spray to "test [my] hypothesis" when I was an Air Force cop, I would've gotten at least an Article 15 - essentially the last line of punishment before a court-martial proceeding. I wonder what (won't) will happen to these yahoos since the incident is already being covered up as an accident by the TSA.

Pepper spray doesn't "accidentally" discharge. It's specifically designed not to for obvious reasons. Even the civilianized versions aren't just aim and shoot. And if the bottle was damaged and leaking, only the person picking it up and maybe one other would be affected. Not FIVE.
Don't try to apply logic or rational behavior to the TSA. The other five may have been just innocent[sic] victims, but this clown is apparently a highly-trained BDO and should be demoted back down to the baggage hall.

Even if you're certain it's a laser pointer, you DO NOT point it at anyone else.
Indicative of the general intelligence level of TSA workers I suppose.
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