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Pepper spray

BU Students share thoughts on University pepper spray policy

Sydney Topf December 7, 2022
Following a review of the policy, students discuss their opinions on pepper spray.
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Student Government Hears Pepper Spray Presentation, Feedback Form Results

Anna Vidergar November 29, 2022
BU StuGov reviewed BU’s pepper spray policy and a Senate feedback form in its meeting Monday night.
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BU student activists reflect on Sarah Everard killing, ask for more consideration in conversation

Lily Kepner March 23, 2021
Activists say ending sexual assault must involve greater University transparency and conversation.
Police officers deploying a chemical agent

Councilors retry chemical, projectile crowd control reform

Daniel Kool February 26, 2021
The proposed restriction would that police use chemical weapons and impact projectiles only if a supervising officer witnesses violence or destruction of property and determines the situation cannot be controlled or de-escalated.
EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

EDITORIAL: Banning pepper spray on college campus is one of many failures to prioritize the issue of sexual assault

Editors December 4, 2020
To make an effort against sexual assault and harassment, BU must implement better services, improve its sexual assault hearing process, hold sexual assaultors accountable and, at the very least, lift the ban on pepper sprays.
The detached Trump head continues to burn as more lighter fuel is squirted onto it. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

GALLERY: ‘Peaceful Protest Against Democrat Violence’ draws counter-protesters in Copley Square

Lauryn Allen October 19, 2020

Members of Super Happy Fun America, a right-wing group best known for organizing the 2019 Straight Pride Parade, were outnumbered by counter-protesters at a rally in Copley Square Sunday afternoon. As...

Protester Rania Belqaie gets her eyes washed with water after being pepper-sprayed by a Boston police officer during a march against police brutality in May. On Thursday, Massachusetts state representatives voted against an amendment that would have banned the use of tear gas and other chemical agents by police in the state. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Mass. House debates, allows continued police use of tear gas

Inyeong Kim July 30, 2020
The Massachusetts House overwhelmingly rejected an amendment that would've banned police use of chemical riot control agents, such as tear gas or pepper spray.
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A Boston transformed by dawn: how the night unfolded

Angela Yang June 1, 2020
Shattered glass on every sidewalk. Discarded loot strewn across the streets. And in the dead of night, a pandemic-era Boston has never looked more lively.
A protester has milk and water poured over her face to soothe the burning.

Boston police pepper spray protesters in confrontation during police brutality march

Angela Yang May 29, 2020
“I couldn’t open up my eyes no more,” 18-year-old Rania Belqaie said, as screams broke through in the background. “My eyes were burning.”
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