UC Davis Police Pepper-Spray Seated Students In Occupy Dispute

This is unbelievable. I hope this does not turn deadly. I don't know how this is legal when the students seem to be complying withthe officers.  However, with new information coming out every day, I can only hope at this time. This 'occupy movement' is hitting a nerve when the other side is willing to spend $850,000.00 to silence you. I say keep it up and pray nothing bad happens.

On Friday, a group of University of California, Davis students, part of the Occupy Wall Street movement on campus, became the latest victims of alleged police brutality to be captured on video. The videos show the students seated on the ground as a UC Davis police officer brandishes a red canister of pepper spray, showing it off for the crowd before dousing the seated students in a heavy, thick mist.

This incident recalls the earlier infamous pepper spraying by a New York Police Department official of several women who were seated and penned in. The UC Davis images are further proof that police continue to resort to brutal tactics when confronting Occupy activists. One woman was transported to a hospital to be treated for chemical burns.

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