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January, 2005

Did Police Go Too Far?Eureka, California--In 1997 environmental activists began a campaign to protest logging in Humboldt County. In three incidents, protesters locked their arms inside metal tubes, a common tactic. In the past, officers had used handheld grinders to cut the devices. This time they tried something new: They held the protesters' heads and applied pepper spray with cotton swabs near their eyes (the photos at left were captured from a police video). If the protesters refused to rel...