pepper spray =/= air freshener

police are unpredictable.  they liken themselves to wild animals for a reason ("always show your hands because we're more scared of you than you are of us", etc.).  this is why it's never a good idea to get too close, even if it doesn't seem like anything is happening:

i really think someone needs to make this officer sit in front of this video, watch it with her a few times, and then have her explain exactly what was going through her head right here.  what is the threat she's reacting to?  does she have any self-awareness in this moment at all?

this is something i believe the american people have a right to know about their police officers.  we have the right to know why they choose to employ the power we grant them in the way they do because it is the power, ultimately, to do us harm.

the fifth amendment to the u.s. constitution compels agents of the government to give justification for the actions they take against citizens as a matter of due process, so i want to know what this lady's major malfunction is.