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Protesters demand ban on `less-than-lethal' guns

Boston Herald | October 25 2004

Toting megaphones and placards near the site where an Emerson College student was killed after being hit by a projectile fired by police, a group of about 40 protesters called for a ban on the use of pepper-spray guns for crowd control.

``I don't think those weapons have any place in crowd control because obviously, they are lethal in some cases,'' said Annie Butler of Cambridge.

The protest rally started near the bus depot at Kenmore Square and proceeded to Lansdowne Street, where the group stopped momentarily in front of a phalanx of police dressed in riot gear. Waves of fans passed the assembly, but some stopped and shouted their opposition at the protesters.

``The police were doing their job and it was just an unfortunate accident,'' shouted one man dressed in a Boston Red Sox jacket.

The protest comes as police continue to investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of Victoria Snelgrove, 21, who was killed Thursday morning after a patrolman fired into a crowd after a chaotic situation had erupted outside Fenway Park.

In the meantime, police Commissioner Kathleen O'Toole decided to go with a lower-velocity version of the pepper-spray gun for the first two games of the World Series.

As the throngs of fans thickened as Game 2 drew nearer, the anti-protest comments continued.

The group is calling for a ban on the use of so-called less-than-lethal weapons until ``they are proven to be consistently non-lethal,'' said Clara Hendricks of Cambridge. Other conditions were also spelled out on top of a petition the group began circulating during the first game of the World Series. The group says it has collected more than 500 signatures and will forward the petition to O'Toole, Mayor Thomas M. Menino and the Boston City Council.

``No amount of burning cars or breaking windows can account for killing somebody,'' Hendricks said. ``It's not OK to shoot and kill somebody over property.''

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