The Daily Populous Sunday September 8th, 2024 morning edition
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Blu_Skies_In_My_Head on September 7th, 2024 at 19:01 UTC »

Really disgusting, but not unexpected, to see the Fraternal Order of Police endorsing Trump yesterday.

Ridiculous they are endorsing a convicted felon and riot leader.

DaisiesSunshine76 on September 7th, 2024 at 19:42 UTC »

Ive been sprayed by bear spray by accident. I thought I was going to go blind. That shit is no joke! Also, there is a way to pour water in your eyes so you don't get it into your other eye.

CaptainLookylou on September 7th, 2024 at 19:50 UTC »

Bear spray is slightly different than the pepper spray and mace you can buy for self defense. It's not a single white stream of liquid but rather a dense orange cone instead. We had to have it sprayed on us to be allowed to use it.

First, they tell you to tuck your lips in and close your eyes as tight as you can. Then they hit you with just a 1 second spray. Slowly building in intensity your entire face starts to glow and burn like you just got a really bad sunburn. Your eyes sting but relaxing the eye muscles holding them so tight for just a second ratchets up the stinging exponentially and it's just impossible to even open your eyes. Since it's oil based they told us not to wash your hair or use water because it would just start it all over again.

I had to sit in front of a steel industrial fan for about 30 minutes with my face 1 foot away to feel any relief. Moving out of the direction of the fan caused the heat and stinging pain to increase from 0 to 100 almost immediately. I never used it in the field, because it just made the animals angry and often it got into the wind and hit you as well.

I had my eyes closed and I was prepared for it. These officers were not, and then after getting hit with it, they had to fight for their very lives. Damn.