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Officers cleared for using pepper spray on haka dancers

Last updated Thursday, February 2, 2012 - 6:14pm

ROOSEVELT -- Prosecutors have cleared police officers of any wrongdoing after they used pepper spray and batons on a group of Polynesian spectators performing a traditional war dance at a high school football game.

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Prosecutor opens probe into haka pepper spraying

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 28, 2011 - 1:14pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Prosecutors have opened an investigation into the use of pepper spray and batons by police officers on a group of spectators performing a traditional New Zealand war dance after a high school football game in a small Utah town.

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ACLU calls for independent review of Haka incident

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, December 6, 2011 - 5:54pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union is asking the Duchesne County Attorney for an independent investigation after police used pepper spray and batons on a group of dancers at a high school football game in Roosevelt.

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(JOHN MINCHILLO/The Associated Press) A consumer rests herself and her bags in Herald Square during the busiest shopping day of the year, Friday, Nov. 25, 2011, in New York. Some of the nation’s major chain stores opened late Thursday, competing for holiday shoppers on the notoriously busy Black Friday to kick off a period that is crucial for the retail industry.

How much crazier can Black Friday get?

Chris Hawley The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 6:47pm

NEW YORK — Pepper-sprayed customers, smash-and-grab looters and bloody scenes in the shopping aisles. How did Black Friday devolve into this?

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Alleged LA-area pepper-spraying shopper surrenders

Terry Tang The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 26, 2011 - 6:11pm

A woman who allegedly fired pepper spray at other customers during a Black Friday sale has surrendered to authorities, Los Angeles police said Saturday.

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(WAYNE TILCOCK/The Associated Press) University of California, Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters while blocking their exit from the school’s quad Friday in Davis, Calif. Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in pepper spraying seated protesters were placed on administrative leave Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011, as the chancellor of the school accelerates the investigation into the incident.

Univ. of Calif., Davis police chief now on leave

Jason Dearen The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, November 21, 2011 - 10:50am

SAN FRANCISCO — The president of the University of California system said he was “appalled” at images of protesters being doused with pepper spray and plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on all 10 campuses, as two police officers and the police chief were placed on administrative leave.

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(THOMAS K. FOWLER/The Associated Press) In this image made from video, a police officer uses pepper spray as he walks down a line of Occupy demonstrators sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis on Friday, Nov. 18, 2011. The video - posted on YouTube - was shot Friday as police moved in on more than a dozen tents erected on campus and arrested 10 people, nine of them students.

UC Davis launches probe after pepper spray video

Sudhin Thanawala The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, November 19, 2011 - 6:02pm

SAN FRANCISCO — “Chilling” video images surfaced online Saturday showing an officer at a California university calmly pepper-spraying a line of several sitting protesters, who flinch and cover their faces but remain passive with their arms interlocked as onlookers shriek and scream out for the officer to stop.

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Officers cleared in pepper spraying of haka dancers

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, November 2, 2011 - 2:39pm

ROOSEVELT -- Police officers who used pepper spray and batons on a group of dancers after a high school football game have been cleared of any wrongdoing in a report released Wednesday.

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Police pepper spray Haka dancers at football game

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, October 24, 2011 - 11:47am

ROOSEVELT -- Police are being accused of overreacting after using pepper spray to break up a group of Polynesian men and boys performing a traditional dance called the Haka after a high school football game.

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