Sorry Libs… The UC Davis Pepper Spray Incident Was “Standard Police Procedure” (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Sunday, November 20, 2011, 1:51 PM
How to shut down a row of screeching libs in 4 easy swoops…
In this image taken from video, a police officer uses pepper spray Friday as he walks down a line of Occupy demonstrators sitting on the ground at the University of California, Davis. (MSNBC)
Sorry libs… You can quit your squawking and take your leftie-indoctrinated butts back to class. The UC Davis pepper spray incident was standard police procedure.
On Friday a group of UC Davis students blocked the campus walkway with arms linked and started chanting, “From Davis to Greece, F*ck the police!“ Moments later the little darlings were doused with pepper spray. This was only after several attempts by campus police to get them to move.
Of course, the liberal media only played the part where the students were sprayed down.
But after two days of leftist outrage we find out that this was standard police procedure.
This comes from MSNBC:
A law enforcement official who watched the clip called the use of force “fairly standard police procedure.”
Story: Occupy protests spread to college campusesThe protest was held in support of the overall Occupy Wall Street movement and in solidarity with protesters at the University of California, Berkeley who were jabbed by police with batons on Nov. 9.
Charles J. Kelly, a former Baltimore Police Department lieutenant who wrote the department’s use of force guidelines, said pepper spray is a “compliance tool” that can be used on subjects who do not resist, and is preferable to simply lifting protesters.
“When you start picking up human bodies, you risk hurting them,” Kelly said. “Bodies don’t have handles on them.”
After reviewing the video, Kelly said he observed at least two cases of “active resistance” from protesters. In one instance, a woman pulls her arm back from an officer. In the second instance, a protester curls into a ball. Each of those actions could have warranted more force, including baton strikes and pressure-point techniques.
Advertise | AdChoices“What I’m looking at is fairly standard police procedure,” Kelly said.
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regularguy commented:
Some of this is inaccurate. Active resistance is trying to pull away from you, whereas baton strikes are justified for assaultive behavior (energy and threat toward you). Even so, the photograph likely does not portray the whole incident. Passive resistance is that which normal protesters do: no energy expended, but failing to comply with orders. Pepper spray is not ordinarily justified in these circumstances. However, the sheer number of protesters, other aggravating circumstances and a desire to reduce injuries may have easily justified its use in this incident.
Ella commented:
I say forget the pepper spray, and use spray paint instead that can’t be removed from your hair. Spray it orange or pink or whatever so that everyone knows that’s you are a worthless filthy hippy. The color would stay there until it’s fully grown out.
steve commented:
The Baltimore Police are one of the most brutal and corrupt in the country. They just had to settle a massive law suit for a wide variety of abuses 2010. Kelly is just one of many police apologists who defend police actions no matter how illegal and uncalled for they are. It’s sort of like having an aide to Satan saying hell isn’t bad. What’s really disturbing is how many Americans believe these guys.
MikeSilver commented:
Spray is the next level above verbal orders in the Police Force Continuum. Basically, it goes,
Verbal and touch orders
Pain compliance (that’s the punching on pressure points you see sometimes when a person is resisting being arrested) and Chemical spray
Impact weapon(think batons), Taser, or Canine
More physical force – holds, grappling, punches
and then finally deadly force.
Since they ignored the verbal orders, next up is spray. You’ll notice some of the people left after being sprayed. I’ll bet they were NOT arrested or detained since they had complied with the order to disperse. Pain Compliance (strikes) isn’t appropriate since they were not physical with the police.
MikeSilver commented:
By the way, the paint ball guns shoot balls loaded with OC, the stuff in pepper spray. Not only do you get the joy of being hit with a hard ball, you get sprayed. A Twofer.
American Patriot commented:
Cleared the sidewalk didn’t it?! How come none of the other protesters who were shouting and screaming didn’t sacrifice themselves for “the cause” and sit down to take the place of their brethern?
Yes pepper spray hurts like a mother, I’ve been on the receiving end (think of being dusted with cayenne pepper in your nose and eyes). Those people were warned, and as the article said, it’s a compliance tool; they either moved of their own accord, or it made it easier for the officers to remove them.
They want to play by protesting for the cause-of-the-day, now they need to accept the consequences of their actions. Police officers don’t get paid enough to have fight people who resist whether passively or agressively. I’ve seen too many of those guys suffer permanent injuries scuffling with somebody who didn’t want to be arrested. So any tool that makes the job easier is worth it in my book.
Joanne commented:
Yuri, the Russian defector, mentions how the people are brainwashed, and it isn’t until the communist boot is on their butts will they wake up to the realization that they were just useful idiots. These protesters are all brainwashed through childhood to adulthood in the socialist schools of America, and this is what you get – dumb people.
Robb commented:
Maybe next time they could use mustard gas. But I suppose some will think that over the top.
donh commented:
Lifting 170 pound bodies off the sidewalk all day long is going to give police heart attacks , hernias, back spasms ect…. Remember Janet Reno used tanks and flame throwers to disperse bitter bible gun clinging squatters in Waco…private property no less…and those butchers got promotions. So it all depends on who you are and what side of the spectrum you squat. Police are being conditioned to only enforce the law against conservatives…enforce the law equally … apply rules to the chosen members of the communist party ….and your career will be wiped out. God Bless AmeriKKKa !
Militant Conservative commented:
For those of us that have been waterboarded to better understand the methods
that will be used to gain information. Pepper spray is a walk in the park.
I have been tear gassed as well. The public does not understand the training
that goes into our military. Waterboarding is not torture, it is effective though.
Libs are such lil girley girls. pathetic pieces of human debris.
powder is dry
pamlinson commented:
This is exactly what they wanted to have happen in front of cameras so they could then scream police brutality. You reap what you sew filthy little hippie spawn.
Earthmover commented:
Like someone on here said a few weeks back, it’s all funny till someone gets
pepper sprayed, then it’s hilarious!
OxyCon commented:
For your viewing pleasure:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=riMqHX–sQ0
Dittogirl commented:
This is what we are raising. A bunch of stupid kids, who sit there like idiots, when they have been warned. Anyone with a brain would not want to go through that and would get up. But disobedience is their motto.
And with that, comes pepper spray. If they think they are generating sympathy, they are not. We are laughing at them, and hoping for more of the same.
Bloodless Coup commented:
Use of force is justified after verbal commands have been given and there is still a refusal to comply.
The mere lack of compliance with the verbal commands of a sworn law enforcement officer proves these students were resisting.
Their resisting what justified the amount of force needed to gain compliance.
Pepper spray while quite effective is really pretty harmless, and as you will notice it worked.
The Underground Conservative commented:
It’s funny until an Occutard gets pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed or tasered. Then it’s hilarious.
MikeSilver commented:
BTW – WTF was the Po-Po trying to prove with this stunt. Was this a training exercise for their recruits?
Not only was it ineffective, it seems to have been a victory for the Occutards.
tjexcite commented:
MSM reports that the officer is on leave. Some will take that as he did wrong. Not that he is both a marked man for retaliatory assaults and he may suffer from PTSD as cops do not get the conditioning like the army to handle with this. He did not put on his shield that morning to have to fog spray anyone.
John03 commented:
These morons should be thankful to the police that they’re there to protect THEM. Believe me, there a lot of guys like me that would like to go down there and do a lot worse to these jack asses than just pepper spray them.
cassie mcaleer commented:
Do any of you know anything about California law
According to California Penal Code Section 12403.7 (a) (8), use of tear gas or a tear gas weapon, EXCEPT in self-defense, can be a felony, the following being possible sanctions for misuse:
Up to three years in state prison; or
Up to one year in county jail; or
Fine up to $1, 000; or
Both fine and imprisonment.
Those involved need to be punished accordingly
Jayne on the Left Coast commented:
#20 pepper spray is not tear gas.
Catherine commented:
What a bunch of little punks.
The police did not just show up to rain on their day somebody had to call them?
Who called the Police? Yea it was all for the tv at 11 spot?
If I Were Cop I would help all those wonderful homeless get tents and drop them off and tell them free food and what ever give the left what they want.
Next time these goons enter a bank lock the doors and set off the alarm this will give them a real rap sheet.
Catherine
Again why were the Police even there, who called them?
Just a Hobbit thinking out loud
Catherine commented:
#13 November 20, 2011 at 3:31 pm
OxyCon commented:
LMAO
Catherine
SLMAO
Fitz commented:
I started following this story early but this was the first time I saw the full video. I am posting a copy what I had posted earlier at a couple sites where cons and libs mix. I have been continually attacked as a police plant and other character assassinations, but none can actually address the actual logic of my argument.
First Amendment rights are limited on a school campus, just like the kid who can’t wear a US flag t-shirt on Cinco de Mayo, the administration has the right to limit the place and times so as not to interfere with the learning of other students. Blocking the path limits the rights of students with disabilities and have to be kept OPEN BY LAW. IF the University did not call the police to open up the path they would have been subject to harsh fines and civil litigation.
Passive aggression is still aggression but is dishonest in its approach. The protesters did initiate force, they denied the safety and freedom of the public to access to public areas. If they had sat along side the path and allowed access through they would not have been breaking the law. Where does being allowed to break laws during protests stop; misdemeanors… felonies. It is a felony to assault a police officer doing their job such as a protester hitting a police officer trying to make an arrest, they are already raping and killing should we just excuse that as well since they are doing that while they are protesting?
Pepper spray was the safest thing to use for everyone involved. The students and police were more likely to face injuries having to just wade in there. The police officers involved were very professional they showed the students the consequences of their actions and gave them the opportunity to leave. The officer than applied the spray in a methodical manner without malice.
jim commented:
Cassie did you know that in some areas of California police officers can carry guns while regular citizens cannot?
Jim commented:
Those students are certainly the victors here. They stuck to their principles in the face of adversity and didn’t back down. The police backed down when they were pushed – nonviolently – off campus. They stood up to bullies and did it the correct way. In the words of Montgomery Gentry, that’s something to be proud of.
And on Mr. Kelley’s description of “standard procedure.” So according to him, curling up into a ball means its okay to beat the **** out of someone? If that’s standard procedure, then procedure needs to be changed.
Besides, this country was founded by people who refused to obey lawful orders.
Cathie commented:
Seems there is more information coming out. It seems that the officer was ordered to stand down before he sprayed the kids.
Jim commented:
Also, people say that they were blocking a walkway – that’s true. A pedestrian walkway surrounded by grass. Do a google maps search of UC Davis and look for the West Quad and East Quad. You will see there is that walkway in the middle, and lots of other walkways nearby. They were not doing any kind of meaningful blocking of any traffic.
KR commented:
These students were verbally hostile toward the police. Why?
The Tea Party rallies/protests were respectful of law enforcement and rule of law.
Jim commented:
@KR Verbally hostile – maybe because they didn’t like watching their friends get maced on the ground? I don’t know, I wasn’t there.
KR commented:
@Jim,
They were verbally hostile before getting sprayed:
“From Davis to Greece, F*ck the police!”
I never heard this from the Tea Party, in fact my city police said they wished all protests were as well behaved as ours.
KR commented:
I used to live in Davis. The sidewalks around/throughout the campus becomes a bicycle freeway.
The town is relatively small and flat and a huge percentage of the students and faculty ride bicycles. Freshmen are given instructions on bicycle rules so that the high bicycle traffic runs smoothly.
The students were seeking to disrupt.
Jim commented:
According to some reports, after one student shouted “F*ck the police” others shouted back “Don’t antagonize the police!”
Jim commented:
And it appears the students only blocked the path after the police after the police arrived. Either way, from the satellite image, it seems incredibly easy to get around the protest area with little inconvenience.
KR commented:
Why did they choose that spot? Because they could be easily ignored?
It is obvious they were trying to get attention by blocking bicycle traffic.
I still don’t know what their message was. No signs? You would think that if they had an important message there would have been some signs.
KR commented:
“And it appears the students only blocked the path after the police after the police arrived. “-Jim
If this is true then they were trying to block the police car? That is just as bad if not worse than blocking regular bicycle traffic.
These deluded students think they are as brave as the Chinese man standing in front of a tank?
They failed. Didn’t get their message out.
Jim commented:
Well they definitely got a message in support of peaceful protest. I was always taught to stand up for what I believe in, and not run at the first sign of trouble. It seems these kids were taught the same thing, and lived up to it better than I ever have.
jim commented:
Jim– watch the video for cripes sake. It wasn’t just one guy saying it. How about you find out what really happened and then when you become educated you come back. Ok?
Jim commented:
@ other jim
I did watch the video. I also saw another video where the officer tells each one individually that if they don’t move they will be sprayed. It was mostly “shame on you.” Nobody threw a punch. I saw people whose commitment to nonviolence was tested – and passed with flying colors. Too many Americans have become spineless and unwilling to stand up for their values. Not these kids.
It should also be noted that the only campus protest this year in which the students were the ones who got violent was not an “occupy” protest, but a riot at Penn State in support of a man who covered for a child rapist. And in that case, the police barely intervened at all, even when they were turning over cars.
KR commented:
“…and not run at the first sign of trouble.”-Jim
And who was causing trouble?
You are not making a whole lot of sense, Jim.
Jim commented:
@KR It was the school administration who started the trouble by ordering police to dismantle the camp. Maybe Katehi should have called Harvard to learn about good ways to ensure safety during this sort of protest.
jim commented:
@ other Jim
Then you would admit that it was not just one person who screamed f the police right? So did you really watch the video?
Locutisprime commented:
How stupid can these police officers be. Pepper spray is not supposed to be used on those violently resisting or those posing a threat of imminent danger. Simply being stupid and protesting stupidly doesn’t exactly qualify to be hosed with pepper spray.
The police don’t need to be giving these jerks any wiggle room on sympathy or anything else.
If this is their procedure? Then they have a piss poor procedure and someone needs to tell them so.
jim commented:
Jim so it was not the students who broke the rules and laws. Got it.
Jim commented:
@Other jim
Well however many or few shouted “F*** the police” a larger group worked to change the tone to “don’t antagonize the police.” And shaming is not the same as antagonizing.
JasonH commented:
“Kelly said he observed at least two cases of “active resistance” from protesters.”
As far as I am concerned, it give the cops the right to shoot-to-kill…who knows what these scum might do. We need to thin the herd, so why not start with these vermin?
Jim commented:
@Other jim
Oh the students definitely did break the “no camping” rule, but it was Katehi who broke the campus’s trust in her leadership, and she has already suffered dearly for it.
KR commented:
“It was the school administration who started the trouble by ordering police to dismantle the camp.”-Jim
I’d say starting the camp was the beginning of the trouble. I’d guess camping is illegal.
KR commented:
“but it was Katehi who broke the campus’s trust in her leadership” -Jim
Sounds like Katehi has better foresight. If the students were planning an encampment that would invite undesirables. Most campuses already have high incidence of rape, you don’t want to raise the numbers. UCD has to consider all of the students’ safety and these OWS encampments have proven to create crime.
Jim commented:
Then Katehi should have called Harvard up for advice. Harvard set up an area for a camp, the campus police freely walk among the students, and they have checkpoints around it to make sure no one without a student ID gets in. That is a perfectly reasonable approach.
Instead, Katehi has now backpedaled again and again, taking full responsibility for the incident. The president of the entire university – all 10 campuses – has described the scene as “appalling.” There is no defense of this action. The students displayed commitment, courage, and self-control, while the police and administration displayed poor judgement and excuse-making.
KR commented:
These protesting students should be upset considering they have tens of thousands in school loans and still have s**t for brains.
No one made you sign those loan documents.
Maybe for some this is a very expensive life lesson learned.
I taught my child in high school that debt is a type of slavery. Don’t indebt yourself without much consideration of the risks.
Ipso Facto commented:
Those kids have no right to block any pathway anywhere, anytime. They have no concept of boundaries. They want to mess with the bull, but they don’t want to get the horns – they are just stupid, selfish, spoiled brats.
The only mistake the police officer made was that he didn’t get down lower and spray it right up into their faces.
Jim commented:
Some of them might be spoiled brats, others might not be, we don’t really know. What we do know is that they stood up for their beliefs with dignity. Too few Americans are willing to stand up for their values, but these kids know how to stand strong.
KR commented:
Here is an account from one of the students:
http://boingboing.net/2011/11/20/ucdeyetwitness.html
Funny, the Tea Party exercised their free speech rights without getting pepper sprayed.
Face it, the students made some poor decisions and they received the consequences. Sometimes the police may push the limits. Chock it up to a lesson learned.
Jim commented:
It was a lesson learned – on the part of the administration. The students learned another lesson: Don’t back down to threats or intimidation.
KR commented:
“The students learned another lesson: Don’t back down to threats or intimidation.”-Jim
Really? I saw that most scrambled away and are probably glad. The Tea Party got their message across without breaking laws and hassling the police.
So why do these students (and other OWSers) have to encamp, riot, etc. to exercise their free speech?
And what is the message, Jim? You still have not answered that.
Jim commented:
@KR Well the Occupy students weren’t exactly rioting. Again, the only riot on campus this year was at Penn State. If you really don’t like students breaking laws when they protest, then you must be fuming at what happened at Penn State, not only at their actions but their cause – they turned over cars in support of a man who covered for a child rapist.
And actually, in the video, the police presence brought in more bystanders. Once they were sprayed, the students all got up and slowly the police retreated. No punches were thrown.
Their message? I think the protest was mainly about 2 things: the proposed tuition increase, and apparent police brutality at Berkely. Ironic that police would bring that kind of heat given the content of the protest. But it was Katehi’s fault for calling in the police to dismantle the camp in the first place. And she has, on record, taken full responsibility for what happened, and has finally admitted that what the police did was unacceptable.
Again, all those directly involved have given up on defending the action, because it simply cannot be defended.
Ipso Facto commented:
Stood for their beliefs with dignity? That’s absurd. The cretins claimed a public space for their own, were warned to move away, ignored the warnings and got pepper sprayed and then dragged away. What dignity is there in that?
They neither stood strong (because they were dragged away) and they caused a big public mess which accomplished absolutely nothing.
Poor Jim seems to believe that no matter how asinine the cause or how vague the message, that if stupid people commit to being dragged off by the police that there is honor in that. I call it stupidity. Pray tell, what exactly was their cause? Not one person seems to be able to articulate it.
Jim commented:
@ Ipso Facto. In the 8 minute clip, we see the students standing up to police, and the police back away slowly. There is no violence. They made the police leave without throwing a punch. That is dignity. They were willing to be pepper sprayed for their beliefs. They didn’t back down and they won. Big time.
And it appears that the cause of these students was twofold: to protest the proposed increase in tuition and to protest the earlier incident at Berkely.
The only public mess was caused by the police and the Chancellor who sent them there.
Jim commented:
Again, if you’re so uptight about these students breaking the no camping rule on their campus and blocking a walkway in an open field that can be easily avoided with no inconvenience, then what about Penn State? Those kids were turning over cars because they didn’t like how their coach was treated after he covered up for a child rapist.
KR commented:
The students will protest tuitions increases, but if they vote, most likely they will stupidly vote for the big spending politicians who cause the costs to rise for the state colleges.
Karl commented:
Interestingly enough, the paragraphs,
seem to have been scrubbed from the web page. Maybe too much said by the expert on the wrong side of the issue?
Jim commented:
@KR which justifies macing them…how?
Jim commented:
@Karl
Probably scrubbed because of how ridiculous it sounds. Curling into a fetal position means they can beat the cr*p out of you? If that’s standard procedure, then procedure’s gotta change.
Patty commented:
Maybe sprayer was stuck….:lol:
KR commented:
The students are protesting tuition increases by setting up an encampment.
Jim says they should be allowed to do this with security (possibly additional). Liability increases.
Isn’t this going to add to the University’s costs, which will drive up tuition more?
If the students really wanted to affect costs (supply and demand) they would drop out en masse.
Jim commented:
@KR Well, it’s being done at Harvard without incident.
Again, how does that justify macing them?
ricketson commented:
These students were obstructing law-enforcement, and were bound to have force used against them.
However, the fact that you people (Jim Hoft) revel in their pain just shows that you are sick, and cannot be trusted anywhere near any power.
jorgen commented:
When there are as many as there are and they are as dirty as they are, I have no objections to the use of pepper spray.
Rain commented:
How come these students got pepper sprayed, but the students at Penn State who were turning over cars and attacking people didn’t get pepper sprayed?
CommieJuice commented:
@OxyCon
LMAO! I was thinking it was more like Roundup weed killer. Either way both videos were funny.
@ricketson
Yes, I enjoy seeing worthless libs and useful idiots in pain. They terrorize the streets and prey on the weak in our society while in large groups. They are flat out declaring war on the private sector while the public sector robs and enslaves them. This is human toilet paper learning to spread Marxism. The police and law enforcement will go out of their way to not be violent on these scum, but once you push the world’s biggest army, the private registered gun owners into a fight, it’s not going to be so pretty as pepper spray and dragging someone away in a tie wrap. We are over 95 million strong, but when pushed to decide between these low life scum and our liberty, well you already know the answer to that.
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@ Commie Juice
I’m with you! They should have used napalm, machine guns, and .50 cals! Those worthless POS LibTurds don’t deserve anything less than death! And I hope it happens soon, and there are cameras so their families can watch their drunken mistakes that missed the toilet get sent to hell!
KR commented:
These students have confused free speech rights with group law breaking and manipulation to get what they want.
The Davis police gave them warning and enough time to move in order to avoid the pepper spray, and many did move. But the defiant single row of students got sprayed and are now whining like babies.
Unfortunately these types never “get it” and are forever a pain-in-the-a$$ to society.
flicka47 commented:
Sorry, these kids maybe stupid with a capital “S”, but the pepper spray is even stupidier. The cops should have skipped that step, and just pick the stupid little brats up and arrested them JUST LIKE THEY DID AFTER using the pepper spray. Dumb move on the part of the Campus Police to give these looters any credibility.
Bob S commented:
Awesome. Are they hiring?
D commented:
You people suck LMAO! Thank God I am a lib, I have more brains than the bunch of you morons put together.
Wiscodoc commented:
CommieJuice and Darrel, Let me get this straight. You want to KILL all the people you disagree with. OK. What a nice group of people you all are. There is a special place in hell for you.
tHE pUNIsHEr commented:
How typical. From “the protesters were asking for it” and “deserved worse”, and “they were breaking the law” and “it’s standard procedure” to “Better if they used napalm”. All from a bunch of posters who claim to revere the Constitution and the rule of law. I am not surprised, and way past being disappointed in the segment of humanity ( and I use that term VERY loosely) represented by most posters on this most excreteable blog.
Here are the facts (argue at your own risk):
California Penal Code Section 12403.7
(g) Any person who uses tear gas or tear gas weapons except in
self-defense is guilty of a public offense and is punishable by
imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months, or two or three years
or in a county jail not to exceed one year or by a fine not to exceed
one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and imprisonment,
except that, if the use is against a peace officer, as defined in
Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2,
engaged in the performance of his or her official duties and the
person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that
the victim is a peace officer, the offense is punishable by
imprisonment in a state prison for 16 months or two or three years or
by a fine of one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by both the fine and
imprisonment.
http://law.onecle.com/california/penal/12403.7.html
So the cop who assaulted the law commited a crime. THAT IS A FACT under CA law. Who wants to argue that?
Not to mention that quaint document you clauim to hold dear, The Constitution of the UNITED States, which states that “Congress shall make NO law…”
So any and ALL laws regulating where people can assemble to protest are unconstitutional. PERIOD.
I do not expect ANYONE here to get it. You are the most hypocritical group I have ever encountered on the Internet, and that is saying a lot, considering how many lunches of CONservatives and Repubs I eat on a daily basis. Most posters here are proof that the American educational system has failed……
Too bad i did not get notified of this post earlier I would have enjoyed eating all the lunches in THIS post.
tHE pUNIsHEr commented:
And to those of you claiming that the action achieved nothing, I am roflmao at your Flush rimjob regurgitating stupidity. over 2 million views of just three videos of the event on youtube, IN 2 DAYS!!!! Plus, you all are posting maliciously purposeful ignorant posts about it! ROFLMFAO at Gateway Puindit!!!!!!!What a bunch of maroons………
Dylan commented:
I was especially impressed with how the police were then able to move up the road unimpeded by protesters after applying pepper spray. Victory to the forces of good.
tHE pUNIsHEr commented:
Where is that archetypical poster Chism? I seem to remember him asking for Haiku. I will quote the great CONCRETEBLUE:
“Oh Gateway Pundit
Truth requests an audience
alas, not found here”
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@ Wiscodoc
They were BREAKING THE LAW! Do you understand that, Libturd? No, you don’t! And no, I’m not going to Hell, you are! I’ll be in Heaven laughing at you! If you scream in agony and knash your teeth loud enough, maybe I might send you down a drop of water. No I won’t!! LOL!!!!
Adam commented:
The Punisher… no one used tear gas. So that doesn’t apply. Even if it did, it is referring to civilians using tear gas on each other for whatever reason, not the use by police. You would have to look at the UC Davis campus police’s General Orders and Standard Operating Procedures, as well as Part 2 of the California Penal Code.
You were close… but you’re wrong.
greg commented:
Something wrong with your website or my computer. Was entering comment, without warning new page from website appeared. Clicked “back” button, this page reappeared, with comment box blank. Not going to waste my time again. Looking for petition or letter of support for officers’ actions.
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@Adam
They didn’t use teargas, but it would have been better to. Even better if they used .50 cals and napalm! Send those dirty Libturds to Hell and make their families pay the expenses for used up rounds!
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@Stupid Punisher name
When I want your opinion, ***HOLE, I’ll kick you in the teeth! Until then, STFU!!!
JustJP commented:
See that guy at the end of the line BOLT out of there after he got a dose? Classic!
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@JustJP
If they used napalm like they should have, he would have stayed down!
richard commented:
If you watch the whole sequence of events, which is available on YouTube
1) The cops come to get rid of an illegal tent city
2) some students fight with police and are arrested
3) The arrestees go limp and will have to be dragged to the squad car
4) The students surround the police and their arrestees, telling the cops to release the arrests and “we will let you go”
5) The cops, surrounded, try to break up the kids sitting between them and the squad car, telling them to break up the blockade so they can get their people out
6) The kids link arms and refuse, so the cops reluctantly pepper spray just the few between themselves and the vehicle so they can get OUT
7) Then they leave through the exit they had to create
The kids were entirely in the wrong, essentially assaulted the police, and played victim when the police had to use pepper spray to get out– which was a safer decision than if they had physically yanked locked-armed kids apart, or tried to climb over them. I feel bad for the cop, whose career and name are being destroyed by this farce.
Darrel From Zeeland commented:
@ Richard
The cops should have sprayed the filthy libturds with bullets and napalm! That oughta show them! And then foot their families for the lost ammunition.
son of tHE PuNIsHER commented:
oh, I see the hoft minions are busy blocking ip’s again! Too much factual information. Can’t have the natives questioning the propaganda, now can we? It’s ok…I have about 37,000 ip’s to choose from…..
son of tHE PuNIsHER commented:
well, since Hoft is erasing my posts, i will recap in one post. Adam: Lundberg vs Humboldt, 1993. read it. Leagal basis for CA law against use of pepper spray. Typical authoritarian follower. Thinks cops are above the law.
@Darryl: thanks for proving my point. wot a maroon…
@Richard: Please post links to vid showing students threatening officers in any way. Good luck…..
Ginna Black commented:
Those who can, do. Those who can’t, become campus police.
Conservative legislators in several states have introduced bills to make it illegal to video or otherwise document police “doing their thing” on duty. What’re you scared of, the truth? Freedom? Dissent? In any event, if using pepper spray at point blank range on demonstrating students is “standard operating procedure” then cops need to rethink their “standard operating procedures.” Maybe they could spend some time doing useful things, that would be refreshing. Like reviewing American history, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights. You know, to kind of get the feel of what living in a democracy is supposed to feel like.
Wiscodoc commented:
darrel, there’s probably no hell. But I hope your life on earth is hell. Judging from your persistently sick comments, it sounds like it is.