Ohio high school students get pepper-sprayed for class

[Auggie]

CLEVELAND (AP) — A group of Ohio high school students voluntarily got pepper-sprayed in the face — and called the painful experience a useful lesson.

More than a dozen Barberton High School students agreed to be sprayed last week with their parents' permission as part of a class exercise.

A video posted online shows a row of teens lined up against a building. All is quiet as someone methodically sprays each student in the face, and then moves on. One by one, the students begin to scream.

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"It's an excellent program," said Melody Steinhour, 42, who recording video of the exercise and is a parent of one of the students. "The philosophy is, if you're going to carry pepper spray, or you're going to carry a Taser, and use it as a weapon, you need to know what it feels like before you inflict that pain on someone else."

http://www.10news.com/news/ohio-high-school-students-get-pepper-sprayed-for-class

Parents signed WAIVERS and are RATIONALIZING THIS.

IT'S CHILD ABUSE.

[Eugene]

1. These kids want to join law enforcement or the military.

Feeling what it's like is part of pepper spray training.
The optics may be shocking, but they are going to
get this somewhere down the line.

[Rorey]

2. I really think they should have to be at least age 18.

And that's all I have to say in judgement of this.

I used to carry pepper spray with me when I walked my dog after hours. Once I sprayed a quick burst, just to make sure I knew how to use it. I was glad that my dog was at the end of his long retractable leash. I sprayed it the opposite direction, at nothing. It was still uncomfortable for me. I don't ever want to be on the receiving end of it.

[Auggie]

4. They can be tortured at the academy. Not high school.

[uppityperson]

3. They should've sprayed the parents before allowing them to sign waivers