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The Infamous Brad - Sometimes, When "All the Facts are In," It's Worse: The UC-Davis Pepper-Spray Report

Wed, 25 Apr 2012 22:32:15 +0000

This is not better than the initial media reports. This is worse. This is an epic textbook in official-violence failure.

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Pepper Spray’s Fallout, From Crowd Control to Mocking Images - NYTimes.com

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 17:48:23 +0000

To some, pepper spray is a mild, temporary irritant and its use has been justified as cities and universities have sought to regain control of their streets, parks and campuses. After the video at Davis went viral, Megyn Kelly on Fox News dismissed pepper spray as “a food product, essentially.” To the American Civil Liberties Union, its use as a crowd-control device, particularly when those crowds are nonthreatening, is an excessive and unconstitutional use of force and violates the right to peaceably assemble.

Tags: #freedom #occupy #pepperspray #protest #ucdavis

Amazon Users Post Rave ‘Reviews’ Of UC Davis Pepper Spray | TPMDC

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 06:03:04 +0000

In the name of due diligence, TPM called up UC Davis to make sure we identified the same pepper spray police used on protesters last week. It’s the same brand, though the police use a 7 percent formula. It’s not clear whether this formula matches exactly what the police used.

Tags: #amazon #funny #occupy #ows #pepperspray #police #ucdavis

Petition: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly: Eat or drink a full dose of pepper spray on national television. | Change.org

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:31:56 +0000

To back up your claim that pepper spray is a food product, please consume as much of it as was sprayed on each protestor's face, in one sitting, on camera at Fox News. You may mix the spray with one serving of food or drink, as I am not a sadist. Then, please relate the effects to your audience.

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The roots of the UC-Davis pepper-spraying - Salon.com

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 15:22:24 +0000

The genius of this approach is how insidious its effects are: because the rights continue to be offered on paper, the citizenry continues to believe it is free. They believe that they are free to do everything they choose to do, because they have been “persuaded” — through fear and intimidation — to passively accept the status quo. As Rosa Luxemburg so perfectly put it: “Those who do not move, do not notice their chains.” Someone who sits at home and never protests or effectively challenges power factions will not realize that their rights of speech and assembly have been effectively eroded because they never seek to exercise those rights; it’s only when we see steadfast, courageous resistance from the likes of these UC-Davis students is this erosion of rights manifest.

Tags: #freedom #occupy #owd #pepperspray #protest #ucdavis

Portland pepper spray incident generates iconic Occupy photo - latimes.com

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 21:45:08 +0000

The dramatic photo of a young woman getting a blast of pepper spray on her face during a mostly peaceful Occupy protest in Portland is destined to become an enduring image of the national movement.

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Yes of course pepper spray is a torture device - Hullabaloo

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:01:38 +0000

In 1997, environmentalists were staging a sit-in against the cutting of old forest in Humboldt county. The police sprayed pepper spray directly into the protesters eyes in similar fashion to what happened in UC yesterday and then used liquified pepper spray and applied it directly to the protesters eyes with q-tips. I'm not kidding. There's video:

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UC Davis Police Pepper-Spray Seated Students In Occupy Dispute (VIDEO) (UPDATES)

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 19:55:02 +0000

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, a group of University of California, Davis students, part of the Occupy Wall Street movement on campus, became the latest victims of alleged police brutality to be captured on video. The videos show the students seated on the ground as a UC Davis police officer brandishes a red canister of pepper spray, showing it off for the crowd before dousing the seated students in a heavy, thick mist.

Tags: #occupy #ows #pepperspray #police