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April 12, 2012

Report Condemns Police Pepper-Spraying at UC Davis 
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A new report strongly condemns police and administrators at University
of California, Davis involved in the controversial pepper-spraying of
student Occupy protesters last November. The incident sparked a
nationwide outcry after video was posted online showing a campus police
lieutenant repeatedly pepper-spraying students in the face from only a
few feet away as they sat on the ground. A university-appointed task
force found the November 18 incident "should and could have been
prevented." The report questioned the legal basis for the crackdown and
detailed multiple deficiencies, including a failure by the
administration to consider alternatives to police action. A security
consulting firm also found Lt. John Pike broke police rules by using a
high-pressure pepper-spray canister that is not supposed to be used
within six feet of victims.



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