Why did I hear the Nelson laugh in my head...
That spray looked a lot like the consistency and texture of the bananas Foster sauce I made a few weeks ago, it was delicious! I'm gonna have to make some more! MMMMMMMM..............
You should try that recipe with a little cayenne pepper added.... It bet it would be outta' sight!
I believe that the Department of Education has accepted pepper spray as a vegetable, similar to its acceptance of pizza as a vegetable.
It appears to me this man was working the odds that he would become the next high-profile "civil rights" case, and become ground-zero in the next "conversation about race and police." I suspect some people are taking this chance every day, for the exact same reason. This is apparently the new American inner-city version of dying for jihad. Your life can "matter," if you give it fighting for The Cause. (And you don't even get 72 virgins for it).
A certain percentage of these cases are happening, apparently, because the people in question want them to. I'm reminded of the video where the rock-throwing kid gets smacked by his mother (kudos to her). This is a no-win position for society. I have confidence that the Institution of Law Enforcement will come under significant pressure to apply corrective action to its problems. But who's going to drive the incentive for corrective action among the jihadis? Who's in charge on that "side?" Who ultimately takes responsibility for what is happening there?
It's tempting to try and write this off as just the stupid actions of "one drunk individual." But if that same reasoning were applied to the Police, it would be considered an institutional cop-out (no pun intended). We're having the "conversation" about the Law Enforcement side of the issue. When does the other side come to the table? Or are they simply relieved of any obligation, per the "No Justice - No Peace" principle?