wegotjs Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Found this posted on RC. http://www.krem.com/news/northwest-news/Police-accidentally-pepper-sprayed-man-on-fire-in-Portland--82979727.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonH Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 The idiot set himself on fire. I'm glad they pepper sprayed him! I hope it hurt just a little more. Ahhh this fire really hurts - - what's that? Oh no, now my eyes sting, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mltnguyen Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Wow is about all I can say at this point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 I feel bad for the guy, he obviously had mental health problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonH Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Ah jeez, now you guys are making me feel bad for making fun of the guy. I heard that he was a protester - protesting a fur store downtown. While I generally think that protesting hippies would better serve society by setting themselves on fire, I guess Andy has a good point that anyone that actually does so probably has some mental issues. I'm sure there will be further investigation. If it turns out that it was some publicity stunt gone wrong, that I will re institute my fun making. But if he did have some mental issue, than yes it is very sad (and I'm a jerk). I'll tell you what, the person I feel sorry for regardless is the poor cop who thought she was helping and ended up pepper spraying the guy. The article says that she was taking a couple days off - clearly she's pretty upset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgf86123 Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Pepper spraying a dude thats set himself on fire, well, thats kinda funny, if the cop would sit back and think about it, she'd probably laugh as well but then again, I do have multiple mental issues myself so............ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapture Rabbit Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 Natural selection has to find a way.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racefan Posted January 29, 2010 Share Posted January 29, 2010 "Fire investigators said the pepper gas in no way fanned the flames and did nothing to worsen the situation, since it was water-based. Both canisters are red in color and similar in size" Either that's a tiny fire extinguisher or that's a freakin huge pepper spray canister I'm thinking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobkat330 Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 the pepper canasters that thay cary in the trunk is for crowd controw and there acout the size of a 5 lb co2 tank but a little longer and slender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwcoralfarm Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 Yeah the story was that this guy had been protesting a fur store in the area and had been screaming "there are animals dying" then supposedly set himself on fire and attempted to run into the fur store, probably to burn the stock, but the door to the store was locked. Ha ha that rhymed. Funny that my paper here in Longview gave more on the story then the Portland area papers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newfisher Posted January 30, 2010 Share Posted January 30, 2010 flame on It's so hard not to be sarcastic and chip in while living in Eugene..... Has anyone seen my tree stand? Yeah, is it shaped like this rope? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gradth Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 Only in Portland could a guy set himself on fire with intent of burning down a building and possibly its occupants and have people feel sorry for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pledosophy Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 I feel bad for the cop. While the pepper spray may not have fanned the flames, I wonder how many years she is going to be asking herself if the fire extinguisher would have put them out. Such a shame. If the protesters plan was really to set a retail store on fire, we're better off without them around. He could have killed people. What happen to the peace and love part of being a hippie? PLUR LIVES ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nwcoralfarm Posted January 31, 2010 Share Posted January 31, 2010 My guess would be that this was at a burlington coat factory ( although I dont know for sure) He is probably one o the guys that stands around there throwing red paint on peoples fur coats when they leave. I can honestly say that I love animals and I am sure that the high demand for these types of fur coats leads to the inevitable inhumane treatment of these animals which seems wrong. But there is a big difference between protesting and putting peoples lives in danger. Nope, I am sure of it he got what he had coming, especially if you're not smart enough to make sure the door is unlocked first, ha ha ha I mean you really only get one shot at something like that. And for gods sake just make a mol tov, don't make yourself into one, what is that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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