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November 21, 2011

UC-Davis Places Police Officers on Leave Following Pepper-Spray of Peaceful Occupy Protesters 
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The University of California, Davis has announced it has placed two
police officers on administrative leave after they were videotaped
pepper spraying a group of student protesters. The students were
peacefully sitting down cross-legged with their arms locked when the
officers began pepper spraying them at close range. The students were
protesting the dismantling of the "Occupy UC-Davis" encampment that was
set up in the school's quad area.



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