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Article: Council to Make Final Pepper Spray Decision
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- September 9, 1997
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Norman Weiss
University Wire
09-09-1997
(Daily Californian) (U-WIRE) BERKELEY, Calif. -- The Berkeley City Council is expected to vote tonight over whether to enact the
nation's first-ever ban on the police use of pepper spray.
Pepper spray contains the chemical ingredient oleoresin capsicum, a derivative
of capsicum pepper plants. When humans come in contact with the spray, it
causes immense eye irritation. The ban, if passed, would immediately force the
Berkeley Police Department to cease all use of the chemical spray. The vote
follows a report by the Pepper Spray Task Force, released in late July, that
calls for an end to all use of the repellent.
Council members have been divided along ...