An altercation near a San Francisco high school ended with several students and staff members being pepper-sprayed Wednesday afternoon, authorities said.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Parents of students at Mary Carroll High School told 3NEWS that their children were assaulted during an arrest on Thursday. Lupe Cruz, the father of a student arrested, said ...

When photographer Xavier Diekman was first pepper sprayed at a protest, the police officer was less than a metre away. "He dosed me from very, very close," Mr Diekman told the ABC. "There was the ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Pepper spray is all over the news, following ...

A Los Angeles County probation officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an internal affairs investigation for carrying and using pepper spray during a ...