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Demovictory9

(32,475 posts) Mon Jun 15, 2020, 07:06 PM Jun 2020

A five-second video shows the officer not slowing down during the brief encounter, as he reached out and sprayed them with his left hand and kept going. There doesn’t appear to be any conversation.

https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-cop-suspended-mace-protesters-20200615-wjacwkufszcbbipv35cmk74jcy-story.html

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NYPD cop suspended for pepper spraying group of George Floyd protesters two weeks ago (Original Post) Demovictory9 Jun 2020 OP

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1. Police Commissioner Dermot Shea, in a statement, said the probationary officer sprayed

Mon Jun 15, 2020, 07:24 PM

Jun 2020

the probationary officer sprayed

Does this imply he was a rookie?

If so, he should he FIRED!