Fox's Megyn Kelly: Pepper Spray Used On UC-Davis Protesters Is "A Food Product, Essentially"
November 21, 2011 10:23 pm ET
From the November 21 edition of Fox News' The O'Reilly Factor:
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Hey O'Reilly, if you want to get these students off the campus, give them back their tuition and they will leave.
I will accept her reasoning of it being "a food product, essentially".
This whole conversation is bogus, both legally and morally.
United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.
HEADWATERS FOREST DEFENSE v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT
"Authorities warned demonstrators to take down their camp between the Memorial Union and Shields Library and disperse at about 3:00 p.m. Friday, and when the “Occupy UC Davis” protesters refused, police officers moved in a half hour later." T
They were given a warning, they ignored, so no case.
I just love these Right Wing Authoritarians. They talk all kinds of trash about the government and tyranny and how they won't be pushed around, until the cops get violent. Then it's all, "Yes'm boss! Sure thing, sir! Anything you say!"
DEPRIVATION OF RIGHTS UNDER COLOR OF LAW
Remember, the Police have to obey the laws too.
Tools like O'Reilly may claim to have been in combat, but if they really had been, they'd know better than to pooh-pooh the effects of such chemical agents.
Accurately calling it a food product doesn't change the fact that pepper spray can cause lasting injuries and, in some cases, death. There are some peppers that are so strong they can't be prepared bare-handed.
Maybe just a scoop of wasabi in an ice cream cone ?
Megyn is another example of why lawyers aren't pharmacists.
We're using republican logic here: ketchup packets and frozen pizza are vegetables, threats of violence are "2nd amendment options", men who sexually harass women are the victims, and now pepper spray is a food product.
Also, it's a shame to see Megyn Kelly slide back to complete corporate lying tool mode. She might have got a talk from the Roger about straying from the script.
Food product, my butt.
I can see using Jalopena bits to assult someone being a serious matter. Assault with bad suchi, unless its that blowfish, not so much.
nevermind.
I'm not into so hot that you taste nothing but hot. But without 4 to 5 jalapenos my homemade chili comes out pretty bland.
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Whiffs again. Do you think he will EVER know what he is talking about?
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What would a wingnut do if the goal posts weren't moveable?
There's no such thing as an entirely safe chemical weapon and there's no such thing as a non-lethal projectile weapon. That's why the makers of rubber bullets, bean bags, and other riot control projectiles are very clear when they label them "less lethal". Unlike the freaks at FAUX"News", the makers of projectile weapons are subject to lawsuits so they cover their rears. Any time one uses a chemical agent, a projectile weapon, or even a baton (especially if one uses the tip of a baton like so many videos have shown police doing) there is a chance of serious injury or death.
They go from unflappable tough guy to princess-and-the-pea in nothing flat.
All ten of us went screaming into the woods, having dropped our gas masks first.
My basic training was at Ft. Narnia, on the biggest Naval port in Nevada. My entire body was rubbed raw with a pumice stone, then crop dusters flew over me, dropping loads of mustard gas on me.
I looked my commanding officer dead in the eye, fixed him with my steely gaze, and asked if I could have a Coney dog with that.
Then I laughed, a deep, bellowing laugh that shook the surrounding rain forest.
Gee Andy, are you spelling the fort correctly? I can't find Ft. Narnia on any map of Nevada.
(Right about now Boxy is pulling out a US atlas)
I was going to join the sevice as well but; decided at the last minute that I would rather take the harder course of working my way up the ladder to CEO of one of the largest corporations in the world.
Getting shot at in the service is one thing, after getting doused with mustard gas while crossing the burning desert on the way to the cross ocean swim but; those board room fights are killer. (It's hardly worth the billions you earn)
There are a bunch of video out showing cops going through tazer training, where they have to get tazed to know what it is like.
They put the tazer on the lowest setting possible and these big manyly men go down like a sack of potatoes.
Somehow that is supposed to give them the same feel as what a suspect is going to feel while being tazed multiple times by the full 50,000 volts of the tazer.
I don't suppose they would ever use a diluted version of pepper spray to shoot these manly men in the face with, would they?
Unless somebody's willing to consume large amounts of anything the human body secretes, they really haven't thought that argument through.
Megyn Kelly of The Bill O'Reilly "Kelly File" segment, Tell us,
How does it really feel to be Roger Ailes and BillO's B!tch this way?
Does that Rupert Murdoch signed paycheck really have enough zeroes on it to compensate for the conscience you either do not have or the one that you must silence?
Save this clip folks...
...you can play it the next time you need to induce vomiting.
Hanitty gets that long-promised waterboarding, after the opening act of Kelly being splashed in the face with this 'food product'. Sold!
let us know what you think.
I demand the right to pepper spray these two tw*ts (thats an A not an I) before they get to talk any more about what tastes good on your spaghetti and what is a chemical weapon.
I offer, free of charge, to also apply a steel toecapped Dr Marten to the piano smiles of these two so they also know what is a boot and what is a sandal.
More likely, it's a visit from Roger Ailes and his baseball bat.
Tomatoes are related to the nightshade. So one could mix up some "special" punch with those little bright red berries out in the backyard and it would be perfectly safe to drink, right?
Yeah, it's a "food product" essentially. (/snark)
God in heaven, I have no holiday spirit this year towards these people. No forgiveness, only bitter, bitter scorn. May their sacks be filled with lumps of coal that are blacker than their hearts.
"Matter of fact, this Christmas I'm getting cans of Pepper Spray as stocking stuffers for my kids. And under the tree wrapped in razor wire my daughter will find the Barbie Water-boards Ken Playset, and 'Abu Grahib Funniest Moments' on Blue Ray Disc."
This is one more example of "reporters" confusing fantasy with reality.
We're still waiting for Insannity to go through the waterboarding that he said was no big deal.
Bullschitt is also food (slightly used), so I guess Megyn and BO are trying to get us to buy a couple of their famous Bullschitt Burritos seasoned with a splash of pepper spray.
No thanks.
Studies of the effects of capsaicin on human physiology, anecdotal experience with field use of pepper spray, and controlled exposure of CO'S in training have shown adverse effects on the lungs,larynx,middle airway protective reflexes, and skin. Behavioral and mental health effects also may occur if pepper spray is used abusively.
Maybe kelly should attend a one day course in CW and go through the gas house before she opens her yap.
Msgt Moore/18D
SFC /Ret
yep some ojt for Megyn and Bill would give them a whole new perspective, I doubt any DI would subject the lowest boot to that much abuse.
Since you lie CONSTANTLY I dont believe a word you type
GOD but you are stupid. Anecdotal cannot be relied upon to show a pattern but as a way to say something DID happen to specific individuals it is fair evidence. Why dont you try for ONCE in your pathetic life having a dim clue what you are talking about? As a MEDICAL term it means based on case studies and not clinical trials. Different from the classic definition
Oh wait, that's the new FOX/GOP Christmas torture/porn video.
Actually, that's a good word for you Kelly: you're not just a floozy, you're an intellectual whore. You sell yourself and your opinions to the highest bidder.
Here is what it actually sounded like and how they should have played it in the so-called "Liberal Mainstream Media"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM
John
More and more I'm starting to realize that police seem more and more corrupt as time passes. So many violations of basic human dignity and respect from these trained gestapo thugs all over the world. Which is a shame since there are no doubt multitudes of excellent police that truly try to protect the public and keep law and order. Sadly, there seem to be many many thugs in police forces, who simply seem to get off on beating people up or forcing them to obey, despite the fact that they're violating civil and human rights in doing so.
When the sh!t hits the fan the cops lose though, that's the one nice thing about it. When people, en masse, have finally had enough of police brutality and rise up as a group against these violent and fascist thugs, then the thugs beat a quick retreat with their tails between their cowardly little legs.
Megyn "The ***" Kelly; "...from a legal standpoint, I dont know that the cops did anything wrong..."
Do all faux nooze employees have to deny their humanity to be employed at faux? Do they have to be without compasion to work at faux? Is it a job requirement to be display a complete lack of human dignity to be a faux nooze employee? I was sickened by the video of the police spraying these students.
'The effects of pepper spray are far more severe, including temporary blindness which lasts from 15–30 minutes, a burning sensation of the skin which lasts from 45 to 60 minutes, upper body spasms which force a person to bend forward and uncontrollable coughing making it difficult to breathe or speak for between 3 to 15 minutes.'
"For those with asthma, taking other drugs, or subject to restraining techniques which restrict the breathing passages, there is a risk of death."
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2011/11/21/about-pepper-spray/
"One hundred years ago, an American pharmacist named Wilbur Scoville developed a scale to measure the intensity of a pepper’s burn. The scale – as you can see on the widely used chart to the left – puts sweet bell peppers at the zero mark and the blistering habanero at up to 350,000 Scoville Units.
"As the chart makes clear, commercial grade pepper spray leaves even the most painful of natural peppers far behind. It’s listed at between 2 million and 5.3 million Scoville units. The lower number refers to the kind of pepper spray that you and I might be able to purchase for self-protective uses. And the higher number? It’s the kind of spray that police use, the super-high dose given in the orange-colored spray used at UC-Davis.
"Depending on brand, an OC spray may contain water, alcohols, or organic solvents as liquid carriers; and nitrogen, carbon dioxide, or halogenated hydrocarbons (such as Freon, tetrachloroethylene, and methylene chloride) as propellants to discharge the canister contents.(3) Inhalation of high doses of some of these chemicals can produce adverse cardiac, respiratory, and neurologic effects, including arrhythmias and sudden death."
There's more. Excellent article.
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Product warning:
"I casually used this product to try to disperse a small band of non-violent campers who had locked their arms together. Although initially it seemed to be effective, it took two applications! The worst part is that the next day they multiplied exponentially! Now what?"
Next week someone might be tazed for peacefully protesting,
Kelly's likely response "Tazers just give out electricity, we have that stuff going through our nervous system all the time."