Pepper spray as a condiment

LA Times:
Fox News' Megyn Kelly is today's media punching bag for comments she made on Bill O'Reilly about law enforcement's now-notorious use of pepper spray on Occupy protesters at UC Davis.
The Twitterverse is mocking her. She was a trending topic on Google. One gossip blog portrays Kelly as saying it was all "no big deal!" The Change.Org petition du jour challenges her to eat or drink pepper spray on the air, and so far it has more than 16,000 "signatures" and counting. And CollegeNews.com says Kelly downplays the severity of being doused pepper spray.
Now, there's little need to defend Megyn Kelly. (If you watch her on Fox, you probably would agree she doesn't need help defending herself.) But this oversize reaction raises the question: Did anyone actually watch this clip?
If you stick around for the end of the four-minute segment, there are times when Kelly seems to be arguing with O'Reilly on behalf of the Occupy folks.  
The interview begins with O'Reilly asking about the nature of pepper spray itself, to which Kelly says "It's a derivative of actual pepper, it's a food product, essentially." She's being taken to task for that on Twitter, where a #megynkellyessentially meme has cropped up.
Except ... Kelly is correct. Pepper spray is basically habanero juice, according to Discovery News. And video viewers will note that Kelly very quickly adds that the composition of pepper spray "is really beside the point" and points out that the students were struck with something "obviously invasive and obtrusive and several went to the hospital."
As for the rest of the interview, Kelly, who is an attorney, appears to be evenhandedly informing the audience about the complex legal issues involved in the high-profile incident and even -- gasp! -- calls for more evidence before rushing to judgment.
... 
I have eaten habanero in small does and thought it pretty good although it is hotter than a jalapeno.   I certainly would not want it anywhere near my eyes.  While I am not defending the cops, I think the students were wrong to disobey an order to leave.  Their passive aggressive behavior was in violation of the law and they should have left when ordered to do so.

The military has experimented with crowd control tech recently and has developed noise devices that are difficult to stick around as well as some objectionable smells.  The police might want to look at these devices to get people to leave.

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