RE: Fox News On UC Davis Pepper Spraying: "It's a food product"

The students had been sitting peacefully, arms intertwined, as officers marched up to the protest line brandishing military-grade pepper spray.
The now-infamous Lt. John Pike walked casually down the line, spraying the nonviolent protestors in the face three times. One student, blasted right in the mouth, vomited profusely. Others said it felt like acid was being poured on their faces. Two were hospitalized. The entire incident got caught on video.
Yet last night, the pundits on Fox News were quick to dismiss any criticism of the pepper spray attack at University of California, Davis.
Here was Bill O'Reilly's defense of the university cops:
"I don't think we have the right to Monday-morning quarterback the police," he said, "particularly at a place like UC Davis, which is a fairly liberal campus."
O'Reilly didn't bother to elaborate on why abusing violent force against liberal students might be more justifiable. But he did ask anchor Megyn Kelly, the show's legal expert, if pepper spray "just burns your eyes, right?"
"It's like a derivative of actual pepper," she replied dismissively, in lieu of any actual scientific knowledge. "It's a food product, essentially."
So Kelly shouldn't think twice before putting it on her salad.

In fact, commercial pepper spray is at least 1,000 times "hotter" than a jalapeño pepper, Scientific American points out. And police use high-grade sprays that are even more intense. Just because it's called "pepper spray" doesn't make it a home kitchen product -- this potent chemical has been linked to cardiac, respiratory and neurological problems and sudden death.
That's why, unlike these talking heads on Fox News, the public was outraged by the Nov. 18 pepper-spraying incident. The overwhelming backlash prompted UC system president Mark Yudof to order a review of police procedures at all UC campuses. The campus police chief and two cops, including Pike, were placed on leave.
Yet meanwhile, Fox News viewers are being told there's no reason to question police actions. Which leaves us little cause to question, either, why a recent study found this network's audience so uninformed on major news events.

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[HotSkull51]

This guy is great. I don't always agree with him but he usually speaks the truth.

[bnelsonblog1]

@HotSkull51 hey man I appreciate the comments and btw your video is soo funny. I wish I could hire that sales man for my business lol!

[piccolothegreat22]

bill o rielly yeah

[XDexdeeXD]

lol Pepper spray is childs play you fucking pussies. Try inhaling CS gas, then tell me that pepper spray is "chemical warfare." Stop twisting the truth to further your ignorant movement.

[alkhami1]

"...it wasn't a food fight..." damn.

[URNemesis108]

Really?!? Catsup is a vegetable, Pizza is a vegetable, And Capsaicin Oleoresin is a condiment!??? Open wide Meagan and take a big dose of pepper spray and tell me how it tastes... M'Kay?

[wlwrk4fd]

I'm gonna do away with all my spicy seasonings and just buy me a big bottle of police-state-grade pepper spray! Use it for all your foods to spice up your meals. Goes great on hamburgers, steaks, fish, chicken, turkey, dressings, vegetables, and even deep-fried bullshit! Tired of week-ass jalapenos and habaneros? well now you can enjoy your food 1,000 times spicier with PEPPER SPRAY!!!! Pepper-spray... it's like having molten lava inside an aerosol canister! Pepper-spray...taste the FIRE!!

[ela6789]

Haha

"Use your mouth for something !"

Win, speak the truth.

[DoNotCiv]

What a FOX news whore. And Megyn too.