Interesting thoughts on the title. I don't read the words "bear spray" as the verb in the title. The title stated "Man used bear spray.....". The word "used" is the verb in the first part of the title.  I could agree with your point if title had said "Man bear sprayed Anchorage officer...." or "After bear spraying Anchorage officer.....". That being said, the man was probably high if he had heroin on him. That might explain the agitated behavior and even the yelling that was called in to police. It certainly could have gone much worse for him and the officers if the police had not used what appears to be restraint, given the man's behavior.