"A Texas police officer has enraged hundreds of YouTube viewers after a video of him using pepper spray on a baby squirrel was posted.
In the video, Kimbrough Middle School students can be heard yelling at the officer, pleading with him not to spray the tiny animal after it began chasing students last Wednesday afternoon.
The officer pays no attention to the screams of the students and sprays the animal, which begins thrashing about on the ground.
Mesquite Police Department later defended the officer's actions, saying he was trying to protect the students, Fox News reports."
Formerly Mat Bloody Cauthon on Wotmania, blessed be its name
Rampaging baby squirrel pepper sprayed by Texas cop
11/04/2011 06:01:33 AM
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What an idiot
11/04/2011 01:39:47 PM
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Yes because it's very easy to grab a squirrel
11/04/2011 03:00:05 PM
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The squirrel was running towards him, which simplifies matter a lot
11/04/2011 11:44:24 PM
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Do not anger our overlords! *NM*
11/04/2011 02:03:49 PM
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well...if he thought it was rabid and didn't know how bad an effect the spray would have...
11/04/2011 02:48:17 PM
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I am with you. If the the squirrel was bothering them enough for someone to call the police that is
11/04/2011 11:23:35 PM
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A Red Neck's opinion.
11/04/2011 11:51:11 PM
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I'm pretty sure that it's totally illegal to try to shoot a squirrel on a school campus *NM*
12/04/2011 01:44:01 AM
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I totally missed the rabies thing
12/04/2011 12:01:04 AM
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yah, the big red flag for me was the ATTRACTION to humans
12/04/2011 01:53:27 AM
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Actually, that is not an uncommon behavior among juvenile squirrels
12/04/2011 11:18:52 AM
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Is that so uncommon among those aggressive grey squirrels you've got over there?
14/04/2011 09:44:03 PM
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I checked with my dog
12/04/2011 02:06:39 AM
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Probably makes them easier to catch *NM*
12/04/2011 02:33:53 AM
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