There is public outrage in Ohio after local police were spotted blasting a double amputee with pepper spray during a protest and then allegedly trying to take away his prosthetic legs.
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According to TMZ, on Sunday, witnesses say an unarmed young man who wasn’t aggressive was attacked by Columbus police officers during a peaceful demonstration.
Unarmed, no legged, they dgaf from r/Columbus
Earlier in the week, Mayor Andrew Ginther released a statement assuring the public that there had been a ban on using pepper spray against non-violent protestors, an assertion that the City Council also stood behind.
Additional video shows that not only was this ban violated, officers also used their bikes as battering rams to attack the crowd.
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And even more video shows Columbus police also pepper-spraying a crowd of protestors in seeming defiance of the mayor’s mandate.
