From Jay Rosen: UC Davis course catalog, pepper spray edition Applied Biological Systems Technology (College of Agricultural and Environmental Science) 176. Introduction to Pepper Spray. (3) Lecture— 3 hours. Prerequisite: Crowd Control Through Chemicals 122B. Basic uses of pepper spray in threatening, semi-threatening and completely non-threatening and utterly peaceful situations. Common
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the reeves report: Occupy protests must find a way to politicize while dodging rubber bullets
UC Davis campus police pepper spraying protesters. A second wave of evictions and police violence is being unleashed upon Occupy protesters across North America, and the resiliency of the movement will be determined in the coming days as protesters must find a way to work around court injunctions and police
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Bill O’Reilly on UC-Davis Pepper-Spraying: No Big Deal
I don’t think the following video needs any commentary on my part: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Message From the UC -Davis Faculty of English
The following can be found on the UC – Davis website, a followup to the brave letter written by untenured Assistant Professor Nathan Brown. The faculty of the UC Davis English Department supports the Board of the Davis Faculty Association in calling for Chancellor Katehi’s immediate resignation and for “a
Continue readingUC Davis Chancellor Katehi running on ego and disillusionment
Wow. This woman has balls of steel. This morning Linda Katehi told Good Morning America (emphasis mine): But Chancellor Linda Katehi told ABC’s Good Morning America on Monday that she’s staying put. “I really feel confident at this point the university needs me,” she told GMA (video here). “There are so
Continue readingI Can See Lieutenant Pike Doing That
Indeed I think that’s exactly how Georges Seurat would’ve visualized ol’ Lieutenant Pike. As Jymn said, he is definitely UC Davis’ answer to Toronto’s Officer Bubbles. Other fun images of ol’ Lieutenant Pike can be found here. H/T Jymn
Continue readingUC Davis Chancellor Katehi’s perp walk
Dawg and others have posted this but it’s powerful enough to post once again. This is indeed powerful; Dr. Katehi walking to her car, passing by OccupyUCDavis seated in absolute silence. This is an iconic video, representing the perp and the peaceful. UPDATE: More from someone close to the scene: A pretty remarkable thing
Continue readingUC Davis Chancellor Katehi’s perp walk. The silence is deafening.
Dawg and others have posted this but it’s powerful enough to post once again. This is indeed powerful; Dr. Katehi walking to her car, passing by OccupyUCDavis seated in absolute silence. This is an iconic video, representing the perp and the peaceful. While I’m at it, I second Lorne’s (no
Continue reading“Police forced open their mouths and pepper-sprayed down their throats”
What has happened to our police forces, north and south of the border? Watch the video below and tell me if you see even an inkling of a threat from the seated Occupiers. The chief of this police force is either the leader of a band of cowards or she’s lying out her
Continue readingUC Davis police chief whines cops peppered sprayed peaceful Occupiers out of "concern for their own safety"
What has happened to our police forces, north and south of the border? Watch the video below and tell me if you see even an inkling of a threat from the seated Occupiers. The chief of this police force is either the leader of a band of cowards or she’s
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