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In reply to the discussion: Medical ruling: Capitol cop Sicknick died of natural causes [View all]WinstonSmith4740
(3,056 posts)24. Exactly!
Anything can be life threatening if not used the way it was intended. Bear spray was never meant to be sprayed full on into someone's face...and those guys didn't do a quick spray. They were pouring it on. Used like that, who knows if it could cause a blood clot or lung damage...not enough oxygen to the brain, and you're in danger of a stroke. And I'm sure research has never been done on this because why would anyone spray a human being with this shit?
This is just another damned excuse from these racist bastards to justify their actions. I'm willing to bet the farm that if that had been a POC using that spray, they'd already be in jail on murder charges, and there would be "no doubt" that their actions caused Sicknick's death.
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There would be evidence of that in an autopsy. No mention of it was found according
Calista241
Apr 2021
#8
The Neo-Nazis in Charlottesville tried to say the woman they ran down was overweight and that's what
hadEnuf
Apr 2021
#13
Yup. Just like getting repeatedly tazed in the neck caused Officer Fanone's heart attack.
SunSeeker
Apr 2021
#50
People don't get hit in the head with a fire extinguisher and drenched in wasp/bear spray every day.
SunSeeker
Apr 2021
#48
Ok, dying from a stroke instead of the fire extinguisher to the head and bear spray
agincourt
Apr 2021
#34
His body was lying in state in the capital rotunda for at least a few days. n/t
Calista241
Apr 2021
#41