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'Casually Pepper Spraying Cop' Meme Takes Off

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'Casually Pepper Spraying Cop' Meme Takes Off

November 21, 2011 • A University of California Davis police officer is now the featured image in a growing number of ironic Web posts. Critics are commenting about the pepper-spraying of protesters with Web-based art.

'Casually Pepper Spraying Cop' Meme Takes Off

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