Video of Barberton students getting voluntarily get pepper sprayed goes viral
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Video of Barberton students getting voluntarily get pepper sprayed goes viral
News24xx.com - The video of several students being pepper sprayed at Barberton High School has gained national attention.
The YouTube video shows Criminal Science Technology students lined up on a wall, being sprayed by an instructor one by one. Each student screaming and jumping up and down from the discomfort of the pepper spray in their faces.
Some find it hard to believe it was all voluntary and for the sake of learning.
"I was shocked honestly and I'm so glad I didn't have that opportunity in high school,” Havyn Stiffler, sibling of one of the students, said.
Parents had to sign waiver forms to give permission for their child to endure the agony, some said it was a good idea to teach kids what they’re going to experience before they sign up for a law enforcement job.
"If the kids wanted to do it and sign their rights about it, that's good with me," Wendy Carris, parent, said.
"Once it like started to hit them, they were like really screaming,” Kimberly Yohey, spectator, said. “I didn't really want to watch it anymore after that.”
The impact of pepper spray is immediate, but the aftermath can last for 30 minutes or longer. Students who participated said they knew that, but they wanted the experience anyway.
"If you want to be a cop, you have to do it anyway, so why not get it over with?" Charles Wiley, student, said.
The program has been ongoing for years and students said pepper spray wasn’t even the worst experience they’ve had.
