Students sue over pepper-spraying at UC Davis

A video still from the viral video "Police pepper spraying and arresting students at UC Davis." / YouTube/terrydatiger

SAN FRANCISCO - The University of California, Davis is facing a federal lawsuit filed by students who were pepper-sprayed during a campus crackdown on Occupy protests last fall.

Nineteen students and alumni represented by the American Civil Liberties Union filed the complaint in U.S. District Court in Sacramento on Wednesday.

The lawsuit is the latest fallout from the Nov. 18 incident, when campus police doused pepper-spray on sitting protesters who had set up an Occupy camp.

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Widely viewed online videos of the pepper-spraying generated national outrage and calls for the chancellor's resignation. The chancellor, P.B. Katehi, has apologized but refused to step down.

The lawsuit claims the university violated the demonstrators' constitutional rights and seeks campus policies to prevent similar responses to non-violent protests, as well as unspecified damages.

UC Davis officials declined to comment Wednesday because they had not seen the lawsuit.

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Prosecutors said last month that none of the students involved in the protest would be charged. Yolo County District Attorney Jeff Reisig said there was insufficient information in police reports of the Nov. 18 protest to warrant charges against eight men and two women who were cited for unlawful assembly, failure to disperse or illegal camping.

The district attorney's office has been investigating the spraying at the chancellor's request.

[NeoCon_ChickenHawk]

I think it should be pointed out that Fox news is a very good news outlet. Completely fair and balanced. I don't know where the libs get their news, but Fox seems to be the most objective to me. As far as Rush is concerned, I find him to be extremely articulate as well as being right on target with almost every issue. If Rush were running for office, I would certainly vote for him. He is obviously far more intelligent than any Dumbocrat out there. In closing, I would like to say, do America a favor, VOTE REPUBLICAN!!! Anything is better than Nobama!

[occupy_cbs]

Thanks for proving our suspicions of your biases and misconceptions.


Fox News Viewers Know Less Than People Who Don't Watch Any News

Some News Leaves People Knowing Less

http://publicmind.fdu.edu/2011/knowless/

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This isn't the first study that has found that Fox News viewers more misinformed in comparison to others. Last year, a study from the University of Maryland found that Fox News viewers were more likely to believe false information about politics.

http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/pdf/dec10/Misinformation_Dec10_rpt.pdf

[occupy_cbs]

If your fox/rush propaganda were actually true, don't you 'think' that the D.A. would not have dropped the original charges?


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TellitTrue: "Your question is IRRELEVANT"
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NO, it's highly relevant and addresses your need to continuously parrot the same LIES and DECEPTIONS about what really happened.

It was a peaceful protest that the cops used for assaulting the students, the D.A. dropped ALL the charges against the students, and now the students will have their day in federal court, and WIN!

[occupy_cbs]

vsmit: "Peaceful protests involving rape, murder, assault. Yea, right."




Thanks for proving how ignorant the far-right extremists have become, and can only parrot the fox/rush propagandized version of this story!

I guarantee the peacefully protesting students will prevail in court, and you and your ilk will continue to have egg all over your faces while you still spew such vitriolic political rhetoric and hatred!

[ReckonedTruth]

Good for the students..the constitution STATES the students HAD a right to PEACEFULLY protest..

..and the FACIST cops were just SHOWING OUT as some sort of video game hero.. to use pepper spray was accessive FORCE to intentionally inflict HARM for NO REASON by the COPS..

..if the students are in violation-- you arrest them..you picked them up and put them in the wagon.. NOT SPRAY pepper on them who aren't physically resisting the cops..

There's an growing legal assault on americans and their rights given by the constitution.

[Weazerdogg]

What I'd like to know is where does that gutless turd work now? Hopefully at McDonalds flipping burgers like he deserves. What a pathetic excuse for a man.

[jackobyte]

reality absolute is not woven of illusion otherwise the moniker reality would be false.

although I daresay that the reality of most is illusion.

[sandiegopete]

This comment from legalbutnotjust:
"Hey occupy, I thought I'd let you know that I've never listened to Rush Limbaugh or Hannity in my life."

One of the most amazing things I have noticed is that never has anybody who posts comments on this site ever listened to Limbaugh or Hannity. Those guys claim to have big audiences but it seems the fact is nobody listens to them.

[occupy_cbs]

Yes pete, I also see those posts every day from the DENIERS, even though they are posting word for word fox/rush propaganda.

In this case, every last one of them posts the same exact drivel like it was a forwarded e-mail directly from hannity or rush, attacking the students for their non-violent protest and exonerating the cops for their outright assault.

None of the right-wing extremists could explain why the D.A. dropped ALL the original charges against the students, if they indeed were so guilty of numerous "criminal" acts, as the fox/rush parrots vociferously attacked them for......NONE!

[antoniof123]

Good for them I hope they win.

[involved_indi]

sure and the award should be equal to the damage. I figure about one dollar each and an apology.

[askagain]

antoniof123 - And I hope it comes out of your pocket.

[occupy_cbs]

vsmit: "They should have complied with instructions rather than challenging the officers"



LOL! Too funny....everyone of you fox/rush authoritative conservatives are posting the same, exact whining story -- almost like you were coached by hannity and rush at the same time, just so you could spew the same propaganda, and attack the non-violent protesters with your ugly words.

What will you and your ilk possibly say when the students and alumni win this case, since the D.A. dropped the charges against the student for lack of any evidence of any wrongdoing on their part?

[occupy_cbs]

NeoCon_ChickenHawk: "Pepper spray is hardly assault"


occupy_cbs:
"Purely your chickenhawk OPINION, and the federal court will decide whether your right-wing fox/rush propaganda wins......OR NOT!"


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damianas:
NeoCon, you might find this link instructive. It's the relevant case law--a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decision specifying that using pepper spray on nonviolent protesters is excessive force and violates their Constitutional rights. This is the precedent the judge will be looking at.

http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1332957.html
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Don't expect an authoritative conservative chickenhawk to understand precedent in court cases, since he gets his "facts" from the fox/rush propagandists!

[retm-w]

tellit

And all you do is insult liberals, with everyone of your posts.