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Online Furor After Police Pepper-Spray Demonstrators at UC Davis
TIME Magazine ^ | 11/19/2011 | Nick Carbone

Posted on 11/19/2011 2:52:50 PM PST by NetLiberty

A non-violent protest at UC Davis turned chaotic Friday afternoon as police pepper-sprayed a group of students sitting on the ground. Videos shot at the scene show a policeman walking up to the protesters, pulling out his can of pepper spray to display to the crowd, and liberally sweeping the protesters with the stinging substance. Many students had their heads down, but at least one demonstrator was hit in the face. Other officers then followed suit, spraying many of the Occupiers who appeared to be sitting in a circle with their arms linked. By midday Saturday, videos of the showdown were circulating the Internet.

SOURCE VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM&feature=player_embedded

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: occupywallstreet; ows
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To: NetLiberty

The protesters should be THANKING the police. By spraying them first, the protesters became unable to resist, and dislocations and other injuries were avoided when police pulled them apart.


61 posted on 11/19/2011 3:51:33 PM PST by Ronald_Magnus
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To: NetLiberty

I saw them get sprayed like a bunch of insects.

Laughed my ass off...


62 posted on 11/19/2011 3:53:09 PM PST by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: 21twelve

handcuffs? Thats silly, they were all interlocking arms, huddled in. THAT is where the scuffles and injuries would be,,. That is why pepper spray was selected,, much less chance of injury. Better rate of accomplishing the goal.


63 posted on 11/19/2011 3:54:55 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: cripplecreek

64 posted on 11/19/2011 3:55:37 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (A MUST WATCH: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KeOLurcQaqI)
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To: Ronald_Magnus

Would you advocate the same tactics being used against people protesting at an abortion clinic?


65 posted on 11/19/2011 3:58:54 PM PST by trumandogz (In Rick Perry's Nanny State, the state will drive your kids to the dentist at tax payer expense)
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To: NetLiberty
Videos shot at the scene show a policeman walking up to the protesters, pulling out his can of pepper spray to display to the crowd,

Don't know about you, but when a cop tells someone to leave, and then draws his weapon (non-lethal or not), then that's a strong indication that it's time to leave.

What else do you do when you tell people to leave, and they refuse your order? Open fire with real bullets?

66 posted on 11/19/2011 4:00:30 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

LOL


67 posted on 11/19/2011 4:00:39 PM PST by cripplecreek (Stand with courage or shut up and do as you're told.)
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To: trumandogz
If abortion protesters were illegally blocking access or sidewalks, then I would expect them to be dealt with harshly.

But they don't behave that way, do they?

69 posted on 11/19/2011 4:01:18 PM PST by ClearCase_guy (Roll the stone away, Let the guilty pay, It's Independence Day)
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To: trumandogz

If they surround cops and block their car in an effort to stop them from leaving with someone who they lawfully arrested,,,absolutely yes.
And i havent seen abortion protesters attack cops.


70 posted on 11/19/2011 4:02:09 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: NetLiberty

I’m amazed that a FReeper of 13 years would drink Time Magazines and the leftists Kool-Aid.

The video ran 10 seconds before the officer started spraying the students. The video then goes on for about 8 minutes with the students shouting “shame on you.”

Did it ever cross your mind that what took place for 8 minutes or 80 minutes before the officer started spraying could possibly be the reason the pepper spray was used?


71 posted on 11/19/2011 4:03:36 PM PST by jazusamo (The real minimum wage is zero: Thomas Sowell)
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA; NetLiberty
Exactly. Read the following context for this spraying:

UC Davis Police officers in riot gear warned “Occupy UC Davis” demonstrators to pack up their tents and leave the field located between the Memorial Union and Shields Library at about 3:00 p.m., and then moved in to take down the protesters’ tents a half hour later.

University officials had warned students several times since Thursday that camping would not be allowed on the quad.

A growing crowd filled the field as officers hauled away tents and a number of protesters linked arms and sat down on the path in the middle of the field, defying orders to leave. Shortly before 4:00 p.m., an officer used a can of pepper spray to coat the sitting demonstrators in the chemical dispersant before officers began taking students into custody one by one.

Poor OP forgot about finding out the context. The piece these commie losers don't want him to consider.

Thanks for the clarifying posts to those that fall victim to this manipulation.

72 posted on 11/19/2011 4:04:33 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: GeronL

As I said on another post, organizers of OWS, and we all know who they are, are just itching for a Kent State moment. Which naive, useful idiots are gonna, literaly, take a bullet for the team? If, G-d forbid it comes to this, as far as I’m concerned the DNC, the unions(actually the thugs that run them, not necessarily the rank and file), Soros, etc will have blood on THEIR hands.


74 posted on 11/19/2011 4:06:16 PM PST by Impala64ssa
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To: USFRIENDINVICTORIA; NetLiberty; Qbert
Exactly. Read the following context for this spraying:

UC Davis Police officers in riot gear warned “Occupy UC Davis” demonstrators to pack up their tents and leave the field located between the Memorial Union and Shields Library at about 3:00 p.m., and then moved in to take down the protesters’ tents a half hour later.

University officials had warned students several times since Thursday that camping would not be allowed on the quad.

A growing crowd filled the field as officers hauled away tents and a number of protesters linked arms and sat down on the path in the middle of the field, defying orders to leave. Shortly before 4:00 p.m., an officer used a can of pepper spray to coat the sitting demonstrators in the chemical dispersant before officers began taking students into custody one by one.

Poor OP forgot about finding out the context. The piece these commie losers don't want him to consider.

Thanks for the clarifying posts to those that fall victim to this manipulation. This quote was taken from link that Qbert #44 posted.

75 posted on 11/19/2011 4:06:23 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: StrongHand

“When the same cheerleaders on these threads get sprayed for booing their Representative at a town hall”

Bullcrap,,, nothing like that happened. Call us when people at a townhall block the path of a cop car trying to leave with someone legitimately arrested. They weren’t sprayed for yelling,,,, i doubt you noticed, but the entire video was filled with yelling and booing people who were completely ignored by the cops.


76 posted on 11/19/2011 4:06:48 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office)
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To: NetLiberty

This is how you deal with these people. Send in Schiff with his sign and these people will literally explode.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGL-Ex1CD1c


77 posted on 11/19/2011 4:07:54 PM PST by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GeronL
Its surprising how naive some freepers are. And they actually believe what is written in the new papers and the 5 seconds video that get played... Since the guy could still walk, he wasn't hurt much and the scab will form in a couple of days...People have been hurt worse falling off a ladder...
78 posted on 11/19/2011 4:08:30 PM PST by goat granny
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To: SaraJohnson
They had every reason to remove the protestors from the sidewalk. They did not have the right nor the necessity to spray them like bugs in order to punish them. Courts punish. Cops arrest.

They did not spray them to punish. They sprayed them to force them to move.

How do you "remove" a crowd that has you outnumbered? How would you have done it?

79 posted on 11/19/2011 4:08:48 PM PST by PapaBear3625 (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.)
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To: Impala64ssa

When they go to Occupy Congress.... just think about a Reichstag Fire moment for them


80 posted on 11/19/2011 4:09:44 PM PST by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
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