UC Davis Pepper Spray

[Sal-XK]

and officially derailed

LOL sorry bro that's my fault I can clean the thread up if you want?

[hoaxci5]

Nah it's the natural progression of things..

But sounds like I'm still in the minority anyways.

[Sal-XK]

Nah it's the natural progression of things..

But sounds like I'm still in the minority anyways.

I thought I was agreeing with you. But I guess the police are aloud to use reasonable force to get people to comply with the law. Now ignoring that they may have had a direct order to stand down. Was spraying that crowd with pepper spray reasonable force to get them to comply with there order to move? Without the attempt to arrest the people in the first place there was no resistance to arrest. So no he was wrong and used his spray in a preemptive strike against the people.

[hoaxci5]

I dunno I got lost in your ramblings of paramilitary and florida highway patrol.

[Sal-XK]

I dunno I got lost in your ramblings of paramilitary and florida highway patrol.

Well, I did admit I got carried away

[DetroitMarauder]

I don't know about the school president telling them what to do. There was a reason they were called in. At that point they are the ones on the ground in the situation and they need to be the ones that determine the course of action. The president was probably sitting in their cushy office giving orders without real time information coming in. I understand cops have overreacted many times before but I have to believe these officers knew they were possibly in a volatile situation with a hundred cell phone cameras pointed at them and they acted in a way they thought was appropriate.

The issue was never that they were there protesting. It was that they were purposefully blocking the walkway refusing to move. They could have sat the same way on the grass lining the walkway with their arms linked protesting.

[hoaxci5]

Having cameras pointed at you is an even stronger reason to make sure you don't overstep, not a reason to use pepper spray. The cop obviously thought it was appropriate or else he wouldn't have done it, that doesn't mean that it was right though.

I won't argue that it was assault on the cops part, but I'm sure some scumbag lawyer will.. I just think it was an overstepping of bounds which the cop should be punished for but not necessarily criminally. I guess he has been put on admin leave (more than likely paid) and will return to duty after this all blows over.