Police Disperse Bush Protesters with Pepper Paintballs

help_cecil_help writes "The AP has this story on how Bush protesters in Jacksonville Oregon were dispersed by local police using 'pepperballs.' The Jacksonville City Administrator described the projectiles as 'like a paintball filled with cayenne pepper'."

Comments

Knocked down by a paint ball...?

[BurritoJ]

Geez, is this guy made of tissue paper and popsicle sticks? Or is the reporter being a little melodramatic?

quote from the Jacksonville police

[rogabean]

"Well we actually didn't shoot them before we shot them with cayenne pepper balls."

Hmmm

[Otter]

You can tell I didn't eat enough at lunch as my first thought was "That would be good with some melted Monterey jack..."

Pepperballs?

[mhesseltine]

While the idea of getting shot by one of these doesn't sound that appealing, I would like to know:

1. Do these fit in a normal paintball marker?
2. If so, where can I get some of these?

Not that I'd use these in a paintball game, but this could be an interesting addition to the home defense arsenal.

Re:to all Americans out there

[EnronHaliburton2004]

"Papers, please!"

RTFA!

"PEPPERS please!"

(As someone who has been peppered sprayed by cops during protests, I have a right to make a joke!"

Re:Quashing of dissent

[Atzanteol]

I have never, ever seen anything like the reflexive hostility of this administration to normal political opposition.

Apparently you missed the '60s...