Abundance of caution...and pepper spray
Mar 27, 2013, 1:36 pm
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Abundance of caution...and pepper spray
Out of an abundance of caution, a JFK TSA'er pepper sprayed himself and five coworkers to determine if the pepper spray was real.
http://gothamist.com/2013/03/27/tsa_...epper_spra.php
I mean, really, just when you think the TSA couldn't possibly be and dumber, they go and prove you wrong.
http://gothamist.com/2013/03/27/tsa_...epper_spra.php
A Port Authority source tells the Post the agent, one Chris Yves "Barney Fife" Dabel, was “playing around” with the pepper spray after finding it on the floor.
Mar 27, 2013, 3:01 pm
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Thought it was a laser pointer
And with that, something doesn't make sense as there's this....
To test his hypothesis, he proceeded to spray five other TSA agents around him
Officers were examining an abandoned item to determine its contents and to move it out of harm’s way when it accidentally discharged
Mar 27, 2013, 4:41 pm
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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.
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.
