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RandySF

(59,225 posts)
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 03:46 PM Apr 2012

UC Davis pepper spray report critical of police action

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A newly released report on the November 18, 2011 pepper spray incident at UC Davis says the incident "should and could have been prevented."

UC Davis police pepper sprayed a line of students sitting on the ground during an Occupy protest on the campus.

Video of the incident went viral and both the police and the administration were heavily criticized in the days that followed.

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/state&id=8617128#&cmp=fb-kgo-article-8617128

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UC Davis pepper spray report critical of police action (Original Post) RandySF Apr 2012 OP
Actual report and actual findings DreamGypsy Apr 2012 #1
thanks so much for the update. Mysfyt Apr 2012 #2

DreamGypsy

(2,252 posts)
1. Actual report and actual findings
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:21 PM
Apr 2012

Here's the link to the actual report.

And there is actual content in the findings, such as:

B. The Administration Decided to Deploy Police to
Remove the Tents on Nov. 18 before Considering
Other Reasonable Alternatives............................................ 11

E. There Was Confusion as to the Legal Basis for the
Police Operation .................................................................. 14

C. The Decision to Use Pepper Spray Was Not
Supported by Objective Evidence and Was Not
Authorized by Policy............................................................ 18

D. The Pepper Spray Used, the MK- 9, First Aerosol
Projector, Was Not an Authorized Weapon for Use
by the UCDPD ...................................................................... 19

F. Lt. Pike Bears Primary Responsibility for the
Objectively Unreasonable Decision to Use Pepper
Spray on the Students Sitting in a Line and for the
Manner in Which the Pepper Spray Was Used..................... 24

I haven't read through the report, but it looks conclusive and damning.

Mysfyt

(50 posts)
2. thanks so much for the update.
Wed Apr 11, 2012, 04:37 PM
Apr 2012

going to go read it now

from what you posted though i would hope those kids get some justice.

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