Home/boy

On August 5th I was maced in the face by two cops.I was visiting my hometown of Mechanicsburg, PA, for the first timein years. I was center city with some old friends from elementary,middle, and high school. A young woman, smaller than five foot, was beingarrested by over a dozen cops. I guess I got too closeto the other.

When my friends asked the cops whymace me in the face—it was a homecoming celebration—an officer said: "This ain't no hometownfor that homeboy." Then,they laughed.

Essay transcribed by i: witness        that guy "maced directly in the face"

Exercise an anonymous Exegesis:      Why did it take the baker's dozen                        to subdue Paola Flores-Gonzalez, 18 years old?

August 5th 2nd Street         Harrisburg, PA PennLive Headline: local cops use mace         to control

      "uncooperative and aggressive" crowd

                                while making arrest

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an/ad/vocate:      immigration status needs / questionedwhen criminal / activity is / involved, unlessshe spoke / American / dialect English.

spar/hawk2002:      If / the police would've / had updated riot gear      like they've been / asking / for, they would've had more      options / at their disposal, such / as nets, bean bag      shotgun bullets, tasers. All of them would / hurt / like crazy

cost/ello:      Did they call / ICE?

Still/Nunyabiznes:      I love the stupidity / of some complaining      that the police didn't need / to use mace …      guess / they should have given / hugs and butterfly kisses

unROOly:      Good !! / ! / !! I hope it burned like / heck.

Rangerider:      Thank you / officers / for your fine work. It's a shamethere are some in the city / who would try / to interfere in your great work and make good work / look      bad. Don't / forget / to replenish your macefor the next bunch / of immigrants!

mburgsb      Another illegal / taking / up taxpayer / resources

dratsablive      From an eye / witness / who / was right there where / it happened:                "There was no unruly crowd, the cops were blocking thesidewalk,                which led to the sidewalk getting congested with pedestrians                trying to walk around. Most of the 'crowd' didn't know                or care what was going on. The cops literally only said 'move'                3 times, but gave nobody time to / move / before they maceda guy directly in the face, then the rest of the people trying to get around."

                          second1st (@dratsablive)                                I know that guy, he was the same/ eye / witness                                that told me / Michael Brown / was/ on his knees                                with his hands up / when that cop/ shot / him.