A Chicago-area family says ICE agents used pepper-spray on them while they were trying to leave a grocery store parking lot, sparking outrage and raising questions about law enforcement conduct. The ...

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In early October 2025, social media users shared a 10-second video purportedly showing a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accidentally pepper-spraying himself in the face. For ...

Pepper spray, aka mace, is an effective, non-lethal form of self-defense. And yet, it’s just about impossible to get in New York, thanks to a state law that bans shipping it to addresses here and only ...

A California man who used stolen police pepper spray against officers battling a mob during the Jan. 6 attack was sentenced to more than four years in prison Friday, prosecutors said. Jeffrey Scott ...