Specifically, the mask helps deliver an anesthetic gas which numbs Bane's chronic pain enough that he's able to function. As Christopher Nolan explained to Rolling Stone (via Batman News): "Bane ...

A gas-mask-wearing assailant stormed into a Massachusetts courthouse Monday and unleashed a tirade, pepper-spraying officers and assaulting bystanders at random in a shocking, caught-on-camera attack.

THIS GUY, THEY’RE BEING HAILED AS HEROES. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THE SUSPECT WALKING UP THE STEPS WEARING A GAS MASK AND SPRAYING PEPPER SPRAY. THE COURT OFFICER AT THE DOOR OPENS IT.

WOBURN, Mass. (AP) — Police in a Boston suburb have arrested a man who they say entered a courthouse while wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people with pepper spray.

A Massachusetts man wearing a gas mask and tactical gear was captured on video walking into a courthouse in a Boston suburb and attacking several people with pepper spray on Monday. Nicholas ...

Woburn District Court was evacuated Monday morning after a gas mask-wearing man allegedly walked into the courthouse and deployed pepper spray indoors. The male suspect arrived at the courthouse ...

A 28-year-old man has been arrested by Boston police in the US after he entered a court premises wearing a gas mask and tactical gear and attacked several people, including court officers, with pepper ...