reagan-was-a-horrible-president:
This is important. Pepper spray should only ever be used to pacify a dangerous suspect. In this case it is being administered as a punishment, in clear violation of the 8th amendment and Article Five of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Activist were peacefully protesting on their campus at University of California, Davis Quad.
Friday afternoon police showed up in riot gear to disperse the protesters by using pepper spray at point-blank range.
The officer who pepper-sprayed UC Davis students is Lt. John Pike. Give his PD a call. 530-752-1727
Oh you gotta be fucking kidding me.
Total abuse of power and yes, the video is much worse.
This keeps popping up on my dash and I just keep get angrier and angrier.
The thing that pisses me off the most is how cocky and nonchalant these cops always look, like it takes a real tough guy hero to spray industrial strength pepper spray on anyone, let alone a group of college kids or, as in other cases I’ve seen, 80+ year old women. The sense of entitlement these cops have is out of control.
Do any of these cops get in trouble or are they praised?
Activist were peacefully protesting on their campus at University of California, Davis Quad. Friday afternoon police...