CA Capitol Groundskeepers Want Pepper Spray Following Attacks

By Tom Knighton

There’s been a lot said about the amount of homelessness going on in California, and everyone’s got a hypothesis as to just why that is. Regardless, though, homelessness is rampant. More than that, though, these don’t seem to just be harmless folks down on their luck. A large number of them appear to be willing to attack innocent people.

In fact, a number of them have apparently gone after groundskeepers at the California state capitol, and now the groundskeepers want to protect themselves.

The groundskeepers who maintain the California Capitol are requesting security, pepper spray and training following a string of alleged violent attacks by homeless people.

“We are treading on new territory on how to arm our members,” said union spokesperson Brandy Johnson.

Johnson, with the International Union of Operating Engineers, said the union filed a grievance with the state’s Department of General Services on Wednesday following five alleged attacks by homeless people this year.

“Our groundskeepers are not trained in self-defense or how to deal with a hostile situation,” Johnson said. “They’re there to do the job of cleaning and making the grounds beautiful.”

The most recent attack allegedly happened earlier this month when two groundskeepers were cleaning the Veterans Memorial …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms