UC to Pay $1 Million to Pepper-Sprayed Students at #Occupy Protest
Posted by Jim Hoft on Wednesday, September 26, 2012, 3:33 PM
The #occupy lawbreakers will each receive $30,000 and their lawyers will be awarded $250,000.
The students were blocking a walkway and refused to move.
The nutty young leftists got sprayed and paid.
The AP reported:
The University of California has agreed to pay $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed during an Occupy protest at UC Davis last fall, according to a preliminary settlement filed Wednesday.
The Nov. 18, 2011, incident prompted national outrage, angry campus protests and calls for the resignation of Chancellor Linda Katehi after online videos shot by witnesses went viral.
Images of a police officer casually spraying orange pepper-spray in the faces of nonviolent protesters became a rallying symbol for the Occupy Wall Street movement. The demonstrators had been protesting steep tuition hikes and police brutality.
Under the proposed settlement, UC would pay $30,000 to each of 21 plaintiffs named in the complaint and an additional $250,000 for their attorneys to split.
Katehi, who has publicly apologized for the incident, would be required to issue a formal written apology to each of the plaintiffs, who are current students or recent alumni.
Hat Tip Ed and Dr JoJo
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Bigkahuna commented:
A bunch of rich evil capitalists. Hope the IRS takes 50 %
Superkev commented:
If you have the longer clip, the police officer was filmed informing them via bull horn and going to each individual and telling them they were going to be pepper sprayed. Each one said they understood and chose to remain. They refused a lawful order after NUMEROUS warnings that they would be forcibly removed.
The police did everything by the book and in fact did more than they are required to do in giving them every chance to disperse.
Ghost commented:
suck it, pay up- just take it, roll over, surrender to the bratty, anarchist criminals…
???
folks, THIS IS IMPORTANT:
the only way to deal with the “Demonic” mob is to BREAK THEM, SMASH THEM
-Ann Coulter
ignore the history lessons at your own peril- sow the wind, reap the whirlwind
compare with Tea Party protests and aftermaths
the Dark Forces hate you and will NEVER allow you your dignity
see you on the ramparts
LaVida Loka commented:
Superkev, it would appear as if the courts disagree with you.
dmacleo commented:
a settlement is not a court finding #6.
MicahStone commented:
I guess we should be thankful hat the $1 MILLION will come out of ONLY california taxpayers’ pockets. If they’re stupid enough to live in this cesspool of a failed socialist entitlement state, they deserve being fleeced, again.
Jerry C commented:
Had it been Tea Party protestors doing the same thing, each person would be fined $30,000 for not following a lawful order. It just depends on which side you stand for the courts.
Larkin commented:
Kowtowing to anarchists over here, and islamists over there.
It’s a b-a-a-a-d precedent.
me commented:
That $30,000 is probably more than any of them will ever make for the rest of their lives.
Rachelle commented:
Gutless. These ‘educators’ have too much taxpayer money on hand.
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:
I gather that gone are the days when National Guard troops would just line up in formation and fire indiscriminately into a crowd of students with impunity?
Mahdi Al-Dajjal commented:
And regarding this lawsuit by the students which apparently has resolved in their favor, you can’t break wind in California without somebody suing you for it.
Jackson commented:
CA…………what do you expect. We have a state full of losers here.
Spider commented:
Are these kids part of the 47% ?
Oh, Mitt should really try to win their vote, he wants to be president of everybody, right?
Gaston commented:
Calm down. They’re socialists. They were protesting against capitalism. That means they’ll donate all that money to charity.
Or maybe not.
BarbaraS commented:
The police should have shot them with stun guns and hauled their carcasses to jail. OTOH, they might have gotten $60,000 then. What the state should do is fine them $30,000 for blocking the sidewalk. Never happen. That would even things up.
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:
What’s funny about this is that according to the local county DA’s office, there was insufficient evidence to prove that the use of the spray in this case was illegal.
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