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November 26th 05, 02:39 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave

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Early Morning Shoppers Pepper Sprayed At Beaumont Wal-Mart

( Air Date: 11/25/2005 )
Early morning shoppers at Beaumont's Wal-Mart say they were pepper
sprayed by an off-duty police officer working security as a large crowd
gathered in the electronics department of the store.

"There were some people trying to break thru the crowds because they
were throwing up, and couldn`t breathe," said one shopper, Andrenette
Davis, "It was pretty bad."

The incident took place on what is often called "Black Friday," a
day retailers open their doors early to hundreds, sometimes thousands,
looking for early holiday bargains.

Numerous customers inside the store at the time tell KBTV the crowd
gathered in the electronics department and some customers began shoving
others. Witnesses say a Beaumont police officer - identified b
the Beaumont Police Department as Officer Avie Ownby - told the crowd
to back up. They say the officer then pulled out his can of pepper
spray and sprayed it into the crowd. Sergeant Dean Crooks with the
Beaumont Police Department tells KBTV they are investigating the
incident, but that they investigate any incident where an officer uses
force. He says Officer Ownby is a 20 year veteran of the force.

According to those inside the store, the pepper spray hit adults and
children and several employees. One woman says she fell and chipped her
tooth on the ground.

"It has no harmful effects," said Sergeant Mike Earney of the
Beaumont Police Department, "it focuses your attention from being
aggressive to wanting to take care of the problem on yourself."

Several of the customers received medical attention by EMS in the
parking lot. None were taken by ambulance to hospitals, but several of
the customers told KBTV reporter Lydia Joseph they would drive
themselves to area hospitals.

KBTV contacted the store's managers and Wal-Mart's corporate
headquarters for comment but we were told the Beaumont Police
Department was handling the investigation and that there would be no
comment from the company surrounding the incident.

I went there to buy preperation H and baby oil and
got maced! It stings a little but it made me
horney too!
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