Re: UH-OH! LAPolice gear sent me OC spray thats "Law Enforcement Only" Yikes!
Frangible said:
I can't find any deaths resulting from from even anaphylactic shock to it. That's all the "linked" deaths I could find. My conclusion is don't overdose on meth and attack police officers.
Anaphylactic shock would be a big surprise, I've never heard of anybody allergic to the stuff.
The gunshot would to the head is probably a good clue that the spray was not the cause.
However pulmanary edema, heart failure and/or positional asphyxia could clearly have resulted because of the spray.
Edema would be expected if they managed to inhale it and the stress on the body from not being able to breath well could well have triggered the heart failure with or without the asphyxia.
I'd also put a big question mark after the death listed for Maurice Morrison, *especially* since it happened with the Fresno PD. (My dead friend Hank represented them for a while.)
Another question mark would go by the word "overdose", especially after noting that "overdose after restraint" is listed.
I'm a firm believer in pepper spray, especially after seeing people ignore mace and a lot more people are going to survive a spray in the face better than a shot in the face.
