UC Davis Will Graciously Cover Medical Expenses For Students It Pepper Sprayed

Eleven of the students who were pepper-sprayed in the face during last weekend's notable UC Davis meme were treated for the effects, but now UC Davis says they're paying all medical costs. Very considerate!

Meanwhile, Chancellor Linda Katehi said the police were going against her wishes by so brutally clearing out...  Read more:   Gawker

Occupy Sacramento Marches on Jerry Brown’s Home

“We are sick and tired of UC Davis students being maced and sprayed,” said Kevin Carter of Occupy Sacramento. “We are sick and tired of UC Berkeley students engaged in nonviolent protest being pulverized and having batons shoved into their ribs by police. What gives the police the right to use this type of police brutality?”... 
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Police Suspended After Pepper Spraying UCD Students

Some people thought the UC Davis  students who were pepper soaked had it coming.  They should have moved.  They shouldn’t have been protesting.  Or, in the charming words of Newt Gingrich, they should have a shower then get a job. What Gingrich and others fail to understand is what the police did at UC Davis was brutality.  No need to take my word for it.  You see The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the police chief and two other officers were put on paid leave as a result of the pepper spray matter and the Chancellor has requested an investigation by the District Attorney’s... Read more:   Politicususa

Exclusive Interview: UC Davis Protestor Eyewitness's Account Of Police Pepper Spraying

The pepper spraying by police of about a dozen University of California, Davis, students Friday afternoon has become an iconic example of police brutality and discrimination against not only the Occupy Wall Street movement by local and state officials, but against the very constitutional rights police and the elected officials they serve are paid to protect... 
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Post pepper spraying, UC Davis chancellor insists ‘the university needs me’

After ordering the eviction of students staging an “Occupy” protest at the University of California-Davis on Friday, only to watch police efforts turn into a ghastly, violent scene, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi pledged Monday morning that she was not about to resign... 
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UC Davis Students’ Eerie, Powerful Protest Against Pepper-Spray Chancellor

After video of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike's shockingly nonchalant use of pepper spray against peaceful, passive protestors went viral yesterday, chancellor Linda Katehi scheduled a press conference for the afternoon. Students were refused entry and began to chant and protest outside the building; Katehi refused to leave...  
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