YouTube Pepper Spray Case Ends

A Marine City YouTuber was sentenced Monday to 30 days in jail and 18 months of probation after a judge said he wrongly used pepper spray outside Zimmerman’s Meat Market. Ian Pfister was convicted of improper use of a self-defense spray and aggravated assault after jurors watched his own video, which showed him warning store owner Richard Hobig before spraying him in the face; the judge said Hobig still has lasting eye problems, and the case is now a warning that self-defense claims must be used carefully and correctly.

Reporting for WGRT – JP bZet