A major controversy has erupted over a pepper spray incident at UC-Davis when campus police attempted to move a group of “Occupy” demonstrators.
From today’s Sacramento Bee:
UC Davis officials found themselves under a barrage of Internet-driven outrage Saturday, after campus police officers pepper-sprayed protesters at an Occupy UC Davis encampment Friday. Saturday evening, after holding a news conference to address intense nationwide media interest, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi walked through a blocks-long gantlet of students, who stood silently as she passed to a waiting SUV...
Full story at: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/20/4067841/ucd-peppered-by-net-outrage.html {Note: The Bee webpage was having a heart attack this morning so you may have difficulty getting to the article.}
The LA Times story is at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-occupy-uc-davis-20111120,0,2407596.story
Two videos of incident:
http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/campus-demonstrations-recent-back-in.html
and
http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2011/11/yudof-issues-statement-on-events-at-uc.html
Such an unacceptable act. This is not good at all.
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