Officers Involved in UC-Davis Pepper Spray Incident Put on Leave
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A University of California at Davis police officer uses pepper spray to try to break up a group of Occupy demonstrators on campus Friday. (Image source: Wayne Tilcock/Davis Enterprise)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The president of the University of California system said he was “appalled” at images of protesters being doused with pepper spray and plans an assessment of law enforcement procedures on all 10 campuses, as two police officers were placed on administrative leave in the incident.
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“Free speech is part of the DNA of this university, and non-violent protest has long been central to our history,” UC President Mark G. Yudof said in a statement Sunday in response to the spraying of students sitting passively at UC Davis. “It is a value we must protect with vigilance.”
Yudof said it was not his intention to “micromanage our campus police forces,“ but he said all 10 chancellors would convene soon for a discussion ”about how to ensure proportional law enforcement response to non-violent protest.”
Protesters from Occupy Sacramento planned to travel to nearby Davis on Monday for a noon rally in solidarity with the students, the group said in a statement.
UC Davis officials refused to identify the two officers who were place on administrative leave but one was a veteran of many years on the force and the other “fairly new” to the department, the school’s Police Chief Annette Spicuzza told The Associated Press. She would not elaborate further because of the pending probe.
Videos posted online of the incident clearly show one riot-gear clad officer dousing the line of protesters with spray as they sit with their arms intertwined. Spicuzza told the AP that the second officer was identified during an intense review of several videos.
“We really wanted to be diligent in our research, and during our viewing of multiple videos we discovered the second officer,” Spicuzza said. “This is the right thing to do.”
Both officers were trained in the use of pepper spray as department policy dictates, and both had been sprayed with it themselves during training, the chief noted.
Meanwhile, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said she has been inundated with reaction from alumni, students and faculty and would speed up an investigation that was to have taken three months.
“I spoke with students this weekend and I feel their outrage,” Katehi said in a statement Sunday.
Katehi also set a 30-day deadline for her school’s task force investigating the incident to issue its report. The task force, comprised of students, staff and faculty, will be chosen this week. She earlier had set a 90-day timetable.
She also plans to meet with demonstrators Monday at their general assembly, said her spokeswoman, Claudia Morain.
The UC Davis faculty association called for Katehi’s resignation, saying in a Saturday letter there had been a “gross failure of leadership.” Katehi has resisted calls for her to quit.
“I am deeply saddened that this happened on our campus, and as chancellor, I take full responsibility for the incident,” Katehi said Sunday. “However, I pledge to take the actions needed to ensure that this does not happen again. I feel very sorry for the harm our students were subjected to and I vow to work tirelessly to make the campus a more welcoming and safe place.”
The incident reverberated well beyond the university, with condemnations and defenses of police from elected officials and from the wider public on Facebook and Twitter.
“On its face, this is an outrageous action for police to methodically pepper spray passive demonstrators who were exercising their right to peacefully protest at UC Davis,” Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, said in a statement Sunday. “Chancellor Katehi needs to immediately investigate, publically explain how this could happen and ensure that those responsible are held accountable.”
The protest Friday was held in support of the overall Occupy Wall Street movement and in solidarity with protesters at the University of California, Berkeley who were jabbed by police with batons on Nov. 9.
Nine students hit by pepper spray were treated at the scene, two were taken to hospitals and later released, university officials said. Ten people were arrested.
Meanwhile Sunday, police in San Francisco, about 80 miles south of Davis, arrested six anti-Wall Street protesters and cleared about 12 tents erected in front of the Federal Reserve Bank.
Across the bay in Oakland, police made no arrests after protesters peacefully left a new encampment set up in defiance of city orders.
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Comments (134)
Zen Patriot
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:04amUh, maybe I’m simply clueless, but I really don’t see the problem. The protesters failed to comply and the cops responded with non-lethal force. BFD.
Report Post »Ballzonya
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:06amIt’s because cops are pigs. If it wasn’t clear before, it’s being made clear now…on an almost daily basis. Look around you, look around the world. Wake up.
CybrBart
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:56amPolice are not trained to use brute force to get compliance out of a subject. They are trained to use Pain-Compliance techniques. Using these techniques, the officer is trained to cause the subject pain without causing serious injuries. Most people respond to the pain and comply with the officer’s orders. Using a wrist lock is painful for the subject, but does not cause serious injury. Pepper spray and Tasers are considered preferable to “hands-on” techniques by many agencies because they are very effective at gaining compliance and have very little risk of serious injury. A Taser is very painful for 5 seconds and then the subject is left with the memory of the pain. Pepper spray is also very painful, but the pain is basically gone after 30 minutes. The eyes may be sensitive for a few hours, but again the risk of serious injury is low. Hands-on techniques rely more on the proficiency of the officer to minimize the risk of injury. For example, a wrist-lock can be applied too aggressively and cause injury. Another Pain Compliance technique is to strike areas of the body that have nerve clusters – side of the neck, forearms, thighs for instance. You might see this technique used on a subject that is being held down but refusing to give up this arms (usually by holding them beneath his body). Officers might strike nerve clusters to encourage the subject to comply. Onlookers often interrupt this to be police brutality.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:01pmWhat is striking to me is that this all started over trying to maintain public safety by school officials and the police. They refused to allow a “campsite”. Not free speech or protesting. The school has rights too. As does the public at large. And they were concerned for the safety and well being of all when they rejected the idea of “camping out”. Protesters complain about high tuition, but have no problem costing the school a ton of money to clean up after they have their little “Woodstock”.
Report Post »It seems many think that the protesters were just blocking the sidewalk. They should read the WHOLE story. The police were trying to break up a campsite the protesters errected after being told they couldn’t by the school authorities and police. It wasn’t just a matter of “walking” around them. The kids that got “spanked” with pepper spray were trying to block the removal of the tents and refusing to move. If the cops had manhandled them, I’m sure the un-justified outrage would be even louder. This whole deal was a slow escalation of force, brought on by law breaking resistance of the protesters. They were warned more than once and given a time limit. Their fault, not the police or the school officials……..continued……………
1chancey1
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:13pmMonicne (Encinom) your little charade is getting stale. You are a Troll and don’t have a clue what the Tea Party is about. Please stop representing something you are not.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 12:47pm………continued…………
Maybe some would be happier if the school officials had let the protesters have their way. Then those same people could be outraged at the lawlessness that has followed in every OWS “campsite” across the country. Maybe they prefer rape, drug overdoses, theft, vandalizing, sexual misconduct, drug dealing and violence over a little pepper spray and law and order.
Moncine is a troll and does not speak for the Tea Party.
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:00pmYes MONACNE of course..or we could throw acidic liquid into the cops’ faces as OWS did in New York? RIght?
Report Post »Ballzonya
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:03pmIt’s not that the cops outside the protests are doing wrong, per se, by patrolling the parks and sidewalks. It’s that they should be somewhere else. They should be heading up into those skyscrapers and going through the file cabinets to figure out who stole what, and from whom. They should be helping people get their money back. Instead, they’re out on the street, helping the Blankfeins of the world avoid having to answer to the people they ripped off.
Report Post »CalebRight
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:05pmThe video does seem to show some harsh actions by the police, but I think there was alot more to it then simply pepper spraying protesters. It looks like they were blocking a walkway, and maybe an entrance to a building. From the actions of the police it looked more like they were trying to simply get them to move rather then harm them.
Report Post »mtcountrygrl
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:32pmI say let them “occupy” the university campuses. They created these idiots, let them live with them. Clear them out of everywhere else though.
Report Post »CHULAIGUY
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:19pmWhen the Police tell you to move, you should move. As for the Chanting “Our University” over and over again. Show me that they are not getting their momies worth. Sound like spoiled brats.
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:37pm.
Report Post »The protesters I saw were not any threat.
The cops enjoyed punishing them too much.
Some cops enjoy kicking a$$.
We don’t need them.
Mauireman
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:41pmThey were refusing a direct lawful order, what did they expect? Pepper spray is a safe and humain way to safely remove these criminals, way better than beating them into submission with a baton or stun gunning or tazing them until they obey.
Very well handled and very professional!
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 6:32pmBALL: Oh, joy. Another blast from the sordid 60′s when Bill Ayers was in his youth and the notorious Weatherman were terrorizing America with their original anarchy and “anti-capitalism.“ So ”cops are pigs ?” Hmmm. Thank you, Bill. Thank you, Van Jones. And thank you , all of you Marxist professors who have spewed this Lefty anti-Americanism for all of the ensuing years and brainwashed our young. Including the current occupant of the White House. Now please take your anti-American, anti-capitalism bull and head for other shores. The true 99% of us Americans do not want you here and we will not miss your anarchy. ( maybe Venezuela, Cuba, or Zimbabwe would be more of your “kind of place ?” )
Report Post »mike_trivisonno
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 4:50pmThe “police” are sympathizers acting in conjunction with the students in an effort to besmirch law enforcement.
It’s a clever ploy that has fooled and entrapped many. Don’t be fooled!
Report Post »Ballzonya
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:55amWhen the Tea Party was protesting, we heard the left making fun of them and saying nasty things about their fellow Americans. Now that there is another movement afoot, we hear the Right making fun and saying nasty things. For the past 10 years I’ve watched this back and forth. No one is worth their word. You complain about one thing, and as soon as the tide turns you’re guilty of doing the exact thing you were complaining about.
It’s all a joke. You should all be ashamed at the filth that you’re spewing.
Report Post »espiegle
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:15amseriously? calling people that DO NOT commit crimes terrorists and every foul name in the book is the same as pointing out the OWS crowd to date have committed hundreds of crimes, costs millions of dollars in police overtime, millions of dollars in damage, rampant disease and drug use and dont have a single unifying goal other than “give me everything and screw you”? yea your a liberal
Report Post »and your being disengenous as best
Ballzonya
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:20amEspiegle, you’re grossly misrepresenting their “goals.” It’s not a free-ride movement. It’s a “Wall St. is taking this country for everything it‘s got and it’s time to so something about it” movement.
Rational Man
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:05pmYour just too stupid to know the difference.
Report Post »Where I come from we call that being “ate up”.
(and they say ignorance is bliss, wrong)
Jwmajic
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:55pm“Espiegle, you’re grossly misrepresenting their “goals.” It’s not a free-ride movement. It’s a “Wall St. is taking this country for everything it‘s got and it’s time to so something about it” movement.”
Why are you blaming Wall ST.? What they are doing is legal why don‘t you protest Barney Frank and friends who gutted the laws that protect us from the few criminal bankers to score political points by giving out home loans to people who couldn’t afford them to bring up minority home ownership.
Report Post »Your blaming the wrong people, Your buying in to Obozos rhetoric, they created the problem as a way to vilify rich people to justify hosing the people who chose to succeed to score votes from the lazy who want hand outs.
TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:35amSeriously? Pepper spray?? The cops acted STUPIDLY!
Never waste your pepper spray when a FIRE HOSE would have done a much better job.
Get it right officers….
Report Post »fonzie
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:54amJackbooted cops vs. Spoiled, disrespectful middle-class american brats
Report Post »Sgt_Rock
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:44pmFire hoses? i.e. hydraulic pressure? Water is one of the least forgiving forces on the planet. The damage high pressure, concentrated, targeted, water can do to the human body is pretty impressive. Anything that can move a 200 pound man down a street and bounce him off of parked cars and buildings is probably not a good idea. You might as well just go up and beat them with a baton. No, pepper spray was the correct tool at the correct time.
As for the jackbooted thug comment…you really need to find a new mantra, that is so old it isn’t even an insult anymore.
Report Post »Jwmajic
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:58pmFonzie was just proving Godwins law. He couldn’t make a rational argument so he defaulted to calling the Police Nazis.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:20amHow about the Ten Chancellors stand before this crowd hold up their hands and order them to disperse. Stand in the cops shoes. If they don’t disperse, WHAT WILL THE 10 DO??
Report Post »FoeHammer865
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:36amI am almost always on the side of Officers, since my father is one. But the procedure they used for removing these students seems excessive. Go ahead and drag their buts away, for sure, and don’t even be nice about it.
But just spraying people sitting there with no threat should not be acceptable. I don’t want one doing that to me.
No if you are pulling one away and he thrashes or something, then spray the crap out of him.
Report Post »TheLeftMadeMeRight
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:44amIf you taze the student on the far left will the one on the other end feel it?
One more time;
Q: WHAT DO YOU WANT?
A: ZZZZzzzZZZZZZAP…..ouch. THAT’S WHAT YOU GET!
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 2:57pmThey could not drag them away. They were linking arms. I think the pepper spray was supposed to make them let go and grab their faces, but it didn’t work. They were still linked. You can’t drag away a group of folks linked like that. You need way more police than that and a bit of rough handling.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:15amuniversity officials to protesters: Hey! You can’t come in here! Get your hands off me!
Report Post »university officials to police: Help! Protesters have taken over my office. They’ve attacked me.
police to university officials: Nicely ask them to leave. Say pretty please.
university officials to police: You have to do something.
police to university officials: Like what? The only thing we’re allowed to do is stand there and say Pretty Please. And you know how well that works.
Joyce D
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:14amThe behavior of the Police was shocking. How can any of us support such outrageous behavior?
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:22amI can’t wait to hear what you think when this mob comes for you or yours. Sounds like you will be part of the mob.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:32amShocking??? Not at all. The occupiers violated the rules and refused to comply with police. The police did their job and followed standard, approved procedures.
Report Post »The protesters chose to violate the rules and the law. They chose to face the consequences. Pretty simple.
barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:56amJOYCE: You need to go back a step: the protestors were given a lawful command. They chose to disobey. They suffered the consequences. Without laws and consequences, there is ANARCHY. Period.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:09pm@Barber2
“The protesters were given an UNLAWFUL command.”
There you go, Barber2, I’ve corrected your typo for you. :-)
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:27pmOSHA: Thanks for the creative writing. There is no mention of the “unlawful” nature of the police command. Apparently in Lefty California Marxist institutions of higher learning, the commands of police officers are not considered “lawful.” Welcome to the California’s University system , the Land of Anarchy. There – now I’ve corrected your incorrect correction. Touche’ ….
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 3:55pmBecause I’m not as stupid as you!…………………..
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:16pm@Barber2
Nice try, Barber, but your baseless statement further proves how overwhelmingly ignorant you and many of the neo-conservatives on this website really are. The police clearly violated the protesters’ First Amendment right to peaceful assembly and protest by violently invading their campsite and assaulting the harmless protesters with their pepper spray. They even tried to FORCE IT DOWN THEIR THROATS when their protected themselves from it with their clothing. Therefore, what the police officers did was clearly un-Constitutional and unjustified. Say what you will about the protesters “lawbreaking,” but at the end of the day, the officers brazenly violated the protesters’ First Amendment right to peaceful assembly and protest, and they should be held accountable for their indefensible actions, for the U.S. Constitution supersedes un-Constitutional laws. End of story.
Report Post »cntrlfrk
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:12am‘
Seems to me the Police were only enforcing ‘regulations’ to make sure peace does not collapse.
Enjoy it kiddies.
.
Report Post »SpartanPride
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:04amUC Davis should be ashamed. Using that watered down 2% pepper spray is no way to teach these ne’er do wells a lesson. Give them the 10% and see if they stay seated. Just another example of the wussification of America. These kids have weak minds and weaker backs. I want to throw up every time I see OWS stories. Misguided and led by people with a collective IQ of “99”.
Report Post »eternalhostility
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:03amWow based on these comments theblaze is a pro-police state anti-constitution web site. That is odd when I watched Glenn on FOX he seemed very pro-constitution. I guess this is yet another site losing readers everyday.
A piece of advice to Glenn – the libertarians made you on FOX. The neocon losers will destroy you on the internet….
Report Post »JustJerry
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 10:10amYour comment is so true. I’m actually a Libertarian because of Glen and for that I thank him. He has lost his way so have the readers here.
Two things I learned from him.
1) Question with boldness.
2) Do your own research.
I do and I have. My facts seem to be different.
Report Post »linzh
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:18pmI agree wholeheartedly. I started listening to Beck in 2006, and I still credit him with being the one that encouraged me to search for truth and question everything. I have been a registered republican since I was 18 and could register. I now consider myself libertarian, and Glenn used to say he was as well…I have been literally shocked over the last year or so to see him seem to totally shift his views! And many of his listeners have gone the same route. It’s sad really. Wake up people. Ben Franklin said it best when he said “those that sacrifice liberty in order to gain temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor security.” if the protesters were being a physical threat to the police, pepper spray would be justified, but this was clearly police brutality. Remember everyone that we have a first amendment and that it applies to everyone….even if you don’t agree with what they are saying.
Report Post »Mr. Oshawott
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 1:47pm@EternalHostility
You couldn’t have said it any better. I mean, the sheer ignorance coming from most of these Blazers is APPALLING. They claim they stand with the Constitution, but judging from their comments, it seems that they stand with it ONLY when it’s convenient for them. While I don’t agree with every single viewpoint that the Occupy Movement protesters express, that in NO way justifies the police brutality seen in this video; in fact, Lieutenant John Pike should be really ashamed of his action of spraying pepper spray towards the sitting protesters that clearly posed no threat toward him and the riot officers with him. If this were the Tea Party movement doing what the “Occupy UC Davis” protesters were doing, I would fervently support their First Amendment right to peaceful assembly and protest. Shame on you Blazers that are supporting this cruel act of police brutality.
All right, neo-conservative ad-hominem attacks to begin in 3…2…1…
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:42pmSuch a bunch of bull. When you have “protestors” camping out, obstructing public spaces for two months at tax payers expense, do not give me that “nasty, police state” baloney. The majority of us suckers who actually pay taxes are tired of this. Please sell your Marxist rhetoric somewhere else . The NYT and several other Lefty outlets will make you feel much more at home as they share your warped opinions. I would be happy to defund all of these Marxist institutions which brainwash our youth with this anti-capitalist bull.
Report Post »Leperus
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 2:43pmI agree with you 100%. I can’t believe some of the comments I see on here. These folks only care about “freedom” when its something they agree with. Doesn’t meet their worldview? SPRAY ‘EM, KICK ‘EM LOL. Freedom is for everybody, including people you don’t agree with.
Report Post »Rational Man
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 4:00pmI’m pretty sick of stupid idiots trying to make this a “constitutional” issue when it is clearly not!!!
Report Post »It’s a legal issue. As in, someone broke the law, resisted the police and got a grown up spanking!
deeberj
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 2:54pmThanks barber2 and rationalman. You speak the truth.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:57am.
Report Post »And they Mama’s pay for them to go to school. Talk about a waste of money…….
Leehweht
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:53amThat has to be the weakest “pepper spray” i have ever seen used.. wow.. any stonger and they would burst into flames!!!…
Report Post »azjeff1963
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:59amLOOK i found rose ellen.
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WATCHBIRD
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:56amThat’s right! Is no one else noticing that the guy in glasses is sitting through at least two dousings of pepper spray and never even puts his hands to his eyes, except to wipe his glasses. That is impossible to do with REAL pepper spray. What kind of SHOW is this? And, who is putting it on for what purpose. I see a few people have my view, but mostly the comments seem to be put-on outrage! Is that what it was for – DISINFORMATION? Pull a stunt that LOOKS like poor little non-violent students are drowned in pepper spray, but not really, and set the blogs on fire! Look a little deeper and follow this story, BLAZE. Sure got rid of the Chancellor. What was she saying before they did her in?
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:49amThe authorities better not try this at a TEA party, because we do not allow violence.
TEA
Buddyc
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:48am“on leave”??
The guy should get a bonus and a medal. They were trespassing. They were ordered to leave. They refused.
Those retards are dreaming of a Kent State. Obama and his union masters have ordered human sacrafice and if the police are not very careful it is going to happen. Contray to “dreams of OWS” it is not going to be a Kent State moment because OWS ideas are not swelling up from below. They are being dictated from above. They are not a real grass roots movement like the Vietnam war protests and not like the Tea Party.
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:59amOWS should be protesting the teacher’s unions and Liberal Studies professors. The way teacher’s unions defend incompetent Instructors who should be fired, it‘s clear that teacher’s unions hate students. Of course, it’s teachers who instigate these protests from their classrooms, agitating from their podiums, goading naive and impressionable students to engage in this kind of social unrest. It‘s too bad those officers didn’t confront the real trouble makers, teachers of: Sociology, Political Science, Women’s Studies, Humanities, and other Liberal Science curriculums and the commie teacher’s unions who cheat our students out of quality education.
Report Post »sawbuck
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:48amThis story reminded me of another story.. what was it?
Report Post »Oh yea…The kids that where hiking in Iran..! Well ..I guess justice was served .
The protesters “victims” that were pepper sprayed just “took one for the team”.
Probably sue and win a million dollars each.Not bad for a days work.
And when the other protesters
(and maybe some of the pepper spray victims) , start burning down the college .
And the police sit on their hands and watch …
I don’t want to see any of you “bleeding hearts” out there come crying.
After all one thing has nothing to do with the other..!
I wonder why the phrase “nip it in the bud” was ever used at all .?
Oh Yea I remember now …
The man that coined that phrase…
Never thought common sense would become…..EXTINCT……!!!!
Mil-Dot
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:47amThe guy was spraying those commies with the aplomb of somebody watering flowers or painting a chair. It was total slack-jawed indifference. It would be funny if it was not a sick example of a total police state gone amok. Make no mistake, if the politicians told these goons to start shooting citizens, they would do it.
Report Post »itsmyfirstday
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:43amIf you don’t like pepper spray….don’t argue with the Police…they will win every time.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:57amApparently, not if you are an anarchist who does not believe in the rule of LAW !
Report Post »JustTheFactsPlease
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:40amKids with nothing to do… protest, that’s really going to help the situation. What a bunch of loosers, they should have been kicked in the mouth.
Report Post »Jomil48
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:46amThis is California we are talking about, these police officers will probably go to jail, the a– h— who were blocking the road will be glorified.
Report Post »eternalhostility
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:01amTwo more idiotic comments from people on theblaze who think they understand the constitution but don’t. I didn’t know the United States was now China where the right to protest is meaningless. Also I guess you only agree with free speech if you agree with the speech……morons.
I am sure I 100% disagree with these students BUT they have the right to protest.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:24amAnd the Police have the right to disperse them.
Report Post »Jomil48
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:25amTo EternalHostility: You are right, they do have the right to peacefully protest, so many things happening around the country, sometimes a person has a habit of lumping everyone in to one group. Civil disobedience to peacefully petition our government is a 1st amendment right. I am sorry I didn’t think it through.
Report Post »MidWestMom
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:25am@eternalhostility
They were allowed to protest. They were not allowed to camp out. They ignored the rule. They faced the consequences.
Frome the original report:
UC Davis officials had said the group may occupy the quad for as long as it wants, but could not set up camp. “It’s not safe for multiple reasons,” UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza said. Police reportedly gave the students a 3 p.m. Friday deadline to remove the 28 tents from campus and showed up at the appointed time when they did not comply. Spicuzza defended the use of pepper spray, saying officers used force out of concern for their own safety after they were surrounded by students. “If you look at the video you are going to see that there were 200 people in that quad,”
Report Post »deeberj
Posted on November 22, 2011 at 2:49pmPeaceful protest. It was not really a peaceful protest.They were breaking a law on purpose (blocking public thru-way) in order to force the “establishment” to notice them. Thsi is called Civil Disobedience. Even though they felt they were peaceful, they were disobeying a law. They ought to be prepared to be arrested. They resisted even being moved, let alone being arrested.
Protesting is fine, so is using force to arrest people breaking the law. Both were happening at the same time. Anyone who can’t see this is just stupid.
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:39amLUCKY THEM! They get to stay home, get PAID and they don’t have to deal with these domestic terrorists!
Report Post »ColoradoMaverick
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:34amThe funny thing about this is that the so called victims who refused to obey the campus police officer’s orders will now sue to very liberal school and make millions from this. Talk about Capitalism! The irony in this is almost to much to bear.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:33amWell, once again the police are going to be denutted. These fools are learning that by ignoring the police, they can subvert the powers that be. This university deserves whatever happens to them in the future.
Report Post »Darla_K
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 9:30amDid the police act stupidly? j/k These protesters deserve everything they get. I for one am getting tired of having to hear about this crap day in and day out. We need to be concentrating on more important issues in this Country and also trying to get this POS president out of office. As soon as we decide who is going to be the republican canidate we need to get behind him or her like no tomorrow. Let’s take our Country back and be able to have some common sense again. :)
Report Post »RLTW
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:32amI don’t know about shame or the whole world watching, but it’s a shame the world has to watch this progressive BS.
Report Post »felix
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:32amshould of shot em !
Report Post »your sensei
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:08amCol, but better not show up at any more Town Halls, because you just might get shot.
Report Post »nobull14
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:28amWho cares!!!! they should of got a lot worse treatment.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:28amWhen we see more of these idiot protesters all over the country maybe the police will get the blue flu all at the same time,that would be terrible,wouldn’t it?
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:48amI agree, and further think these are the same aspirations one could expect of a liberal agitator.
TEA
Report Post »barber2
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 11:51amWAAAAAH : But we don’t want to leave …we’re just going to throw ourselves on the floor and…….and then hold our breath and ……
Report Post »randy
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:25amFree speech is part of the DNA of this university.
Yeah, unless it’s conservative speech. Hypocrites!
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:34amMush heads and drug abusers, they should just tase them, just one of them. As soon as they see the reaction to it, they will move then.
Report Post »hifi74
Posted on November 21, 2011 at 8:41amI agree completely. Had this been a Tea Party rally, first when asked to move they round e moved but even if it came to pepper spray you wouldn’t hear the outrage nor the apology from the chancellor. These kids at that point were tressapassing and acting in an illegal manner. They got treated accordingly.
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