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== Misuse == Pepper spray is one non-lethal weapon alleged to have been misused by American police. In two incidents in California in 1997, police swabbed pepper spray directly into the eyes of protesters.<ref name="Amnesty1997">''[https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/amr51/067/1997/en/ USA: Police use of pepper spray - tantamount to torture]''. [[Amnesty International]], 4 November 1997.</ref> [[Amnesty International]] condemned these actions, and claimed that they were likely a violation of the 1984 [[United Nations Convention Against Torture]].<ref name="Amnesty1997"/>
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