Top NYPD Cop Appears to Pepper Spray Himself During Pro-Palestine Protest

A high-ranking NYPD officer got an unfortunate taste of his own medicine on Saturday when he accidentally caught a face full of pepper spray while trying to break up a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the Manhattan Bridge.

Video posted to social media appeared to show Assistant Police Chief James McCarthy getting a full spray of the chemical irritant while his officers manhandled protesters on the bridge. While the junior officers in helmets and other body armor got physical with the struggling protesters, McCarthy could be seen reaching for his pepper spray to try and neutralize them.

Instead, he appeared to unleash a full stream of the irritant into his own face.

Read more at The Daily Beast.