I want to know more about this disturbing image.

[JohnnyRingo]

I found it in a photo dump without caption or background. Has anyone else seen it, or know where and when it was? I tried searching through "Tineye.com", but came up with nothing.



Until I learn more, I don't want to jump to conclusions or irritate anyone. For all I know it's at a St Patrick's Day parade and that's yummy cherry candy spray. It's obvious that I highly doubt it, but I want to know more if anyone can help.

[Tunkamerica]

1. well the title of the picture is "mace little girl"

[JohnnyRingo]

5. Ignore that. I applied the title

The original was a long series of numbers and random letters.

[Earth_First]

2. WOW!

Now I want to know...

[ZombieHorde]

3. Looks like something really fucked up is going on. nt

[Enrique]

4. if you're suggesting the cop is pepper spraying the little girl

that's pretty unlikely too, don't you think?

[Earth_First]

6. Well what else is going on in that photo that I'm missing?

Are you missing a :sarcasm: tag?!

:shrug:

[ScreamingMeemie]

8. Devil's advocate... it "could" be insect repellent.

[seabeyond]

9. awfully stream lined for that. not that i know, just saying. nt

[LiberalAndProud]

7. So what is it. And yes, it looks like a can of mace to me.

[seabeyond]

11. we would need a reaction photo. at this point only little girl is realizing and reacting

lot more telling to have a picture a couple seconds after this one

[peace4ever]

28. thats what it looks like, and considering the many reports on the behavior of some police

i would not be surprised, still shocking, but certainly not surprising.

[MineralMan]

10. Here's a thread on the incident, which happened in 2005

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x4050306

[seabeyond]

14. wrong one i think. didnt watch but they are talking a girl working at wendys, wrong change

him spraying her

[MineralMan]

21. You're right. I took a wrong turn in my search.

[seabeyond]

25. ya, well... i cannot even use the damn search. i never get what i am looking for. sigh. nt

[bahrbearian]

30. I didn't know the FR had a search engine

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. I believe that's a different incident. That happened at a Wendy's and the

cop sprayed an employee at the drive thru window.

[Tunkamerica]

16. thats not the same thing

that girl was 17 and it happened in a fast food restaurant according to the comments

[JohnnyRingo]

17. Thanks.

Though the picture is no longer at the link, it appears to be near Dayton from reading the replies and some mention that the cop wasn't punished.

Edit: Oops.. someone says that was another incident of irresponsible police behavior. There must be a lot of them. I bet cops hate cell cameras.

[MineralMan]

18. Now someone's saying that's a different story. I don't know.

I worked back from the image, but I may have taken a wrong turn.

[blondeatlast]

12. I can't tell who's holding the spray can.

It would be an awkward arm position for the cop whose back is in the foreground but it's really hard to tell.

[JohnnyRingo]

13. Since I posted this I noticed something

I was trying to zoom in on the officer's patch, and I realized the police car doesn't look like the kind most departments use here in the US. I hope it isn't, that cop looks too casual about it.

Either way, there's a little girl who will never respect law "enforcement".

[petronius]

19. My googling finds this link:

http://www.policebrutality.info/2011/04/police-officer-pepper-spray-women-and-children.html

Looks like Brazil...

[MineralMan]

20. Good find! That looks like the story.

I was mistaken, I see.

[JohnnyRingo]

23. You got it. Thanks

I'm somehow relieved it didn't happen here (this time). Thanks for finding that. I tried searching and discovered nothing.

I bet those people in Brazil are glad pepper spray was invented so the local polize don't have to shoot them in the leg anymore (I like to look at the bright side).

[Journeyman]

29. According to the caption, the officer was "departed immediately". . .

one can only speculate what that means and how "the general commander of the Military Police, Colonel Mario Sergio Duarte" implemented it. . .

[petronius]

31. I was wondering that as well. It could just mean 'asked to leave the scene', but I

hope it's more like 'fired and prosecuted.' Although if it's even more severe than that, I wouldn't exactly cry about it...

[Liberal Veteran]

22. Perfume spritzers have gotten a lot more agressive of late.

Seriously, though. I haven't the foggiest notion of what is going on in this photo, but nobody looks happy.

[fasttense]

24. It looks like he is spraying the little girl while no one is looking.

A random act of cruelty and torture to a little child. Ain't he brave. What a pig.

I know it was in Brazil but it doesn't make it any less cruel.

[Cobalt Violet]

26. It was in Rio De Janeiro

http://www.policebrutality.info/2011/04/police-officer-pepper-spray-women-and-children.html

[mzteris]

27. az had an incident in jan

Im on my phone and can't copy paste but google arizona indytimes january.

[RandomThoughts]

32. Is Johnny Ringo your photo bucket account.

Note the right arm has one maybe two letters on it.

Could be photoshop,

Guy in hat is in fighting stance, and the spray seems to be going behind the girl to the area he is facing.

Although the guy with spray is really relaxed, that would indicate more of a crowd control then responding to a specific incident, like he has been there awhile. other people are not excited around the spray or flex, so some type of crowd control looks more likely then an actual incident.

Did you notice the S on his arm also, and there is some pixalation to the left of that letter which is not exactly normal for the picture.