OCCUPY WALL STREET

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Originally Posted by persiphone

and this was all i could find on this:


UC Davis launches probe after pepper spray video
The chancellor of the University of California, Davis said Saturday that the school was launching an investigation after "chilling" video images surfaced online showing an officer using pepper spray on several protesters as they sit passively with their arms interlocked.

Protect and Serve

This was the scene at UC Davis when police arrived to deal with some occupiers. That spray? Oh, that’s pepper spray. Sometimes when people are peacefully protesting you gotta pepper spray them. You know, to let them know that their still alive. Agree with the the Occupy Movement or not–the police across the country have acted terribly in dealing with them. It seems if the government doesn’t like what you’re doing your prone to being attacked, pepper sprayed or whatever feels right at the moment.

*UPDATED*

Just ran across this gem defending this–

UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza said 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,” said Chief Spicuzza. “Hindsight is 20-20 and based on the situation we were sitting in, ultimately that was the decision that was made.”

Right. That cop looks TERRIFIED. He can barely strut while pepper spraying those folks. I SEE FEAR IN HIS EYES.

Check out video of the incident above

Here's the "gem" being referred to

Police Defend Use Of Force On ‘Occupy UC Davis’

The watching crowd began shouting chants of “Shame on you” and “Let them go,” while dozens of students recorded the encounter on cell phone cameras.

“I don’t think that was warranted,” one protester told CBS13. “It was non-violent protests, we were sitting, linking arms.”

UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza said 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,” said Chief Spicuzza. “Hindsight is 20-20 and based on the situation we were sitting in, ultimately that was the decision that was made.”

Authorities are still reviewing video of the incident, Spicuzza added.

Officers left the quad after making 10 arrests, nine of which were UC Davis students. Law enforcement retreated out of the field in a direction that was not obstructed by sitting protesters.

Protesters vowed to remain in the quad and reestablish their camp Friday evening, but as of 10:00 p.m. Friday, no demonstrators or tents were visible in the area.