Friday, November 18th, 2011 | Posted by Wayne Tilcock
UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike uses pepper spray to move Occupy UC Davis protesters who were blocking officers' attempts to remove arrested protesters from the Quad on Friday afternoon. Wayne Tilcock/Enterprise photo
[...] the video above, you see a police officer [Update: UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike] walk down a line of those young people seated quietly on the ground in an act of nonviolent civil [...]
I’m confused, how can you pepper spray them to the point of blindness and expect them to move when they can not see? Pepper spray is for defense not offense. Way to go Pike, you may have just cost your department millions in lawsuits.
This is barbaric what happened to freedom of speech and peaceful protest, these students are protesting for your childrens futures. I dont know what is happening to this world when the people we pay to protect us can be so abusive in a non violent situation.SHAME ON YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS.
[...] A news account captured the officer on camera spraying the students. The account names the officer as UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike. He did not return a voice mail message nor an email left Friday night. His voice-mail box eventually filled up to capacity as his name and phone number were posted on Twitter. [...]
[...] of corporations, their ruling moguls, and OWS police officers, it seems that Americans must turn to alternative news sources – including foreign news media – to get accurate reports of the other side of the [...]
[...] word nonetheless on disciplinary movement for UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike, a officer who wielded a mist can “as if he’s dousing a quarrel of bugs with insecticide.” [...]
[...] What happened next? [...]
[...] What happened next? [...]
[...] What happened next? [...]
[...] What happened next? [...]
[...] the video above, you see a police officer [Update: UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike] walk down a line of those young people seated quietly on the ground in an act of nonviolent civil [...]
I’m confused, how can you pepper spray them to the point of blindness and expect them to move when they can not see? Pepper spray is for defense not offense. Way to go Pike, you may have just cost your department millions in lawsuits.
This is barbaric what happened to freedom of speech and peaceful protest, these students are protesting for your childrens futures. I dont know what is happening to this world when the people we pay to protect us can be so abusive in a non violent situation.SHAME ON YOU AND THE PEOPLE WHO LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THIS.
[...] A news account captured the officer on camera spraying the students. The account names the officer as UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike. He did not return a voice mail message nor an email left Friday night. His voice-mail box eventually filled up to capacity as his name and phone number were posted on Twitter. [...]
[...] I first stumbled across these images, which led me to this on boingboing. A bit of background: UC Davis students were protesting a [...]
[...] of corporations, their ruling moguls, and OWS police officers, it seems that Americans must turn to alternative news sources – including foreign news media – to get accurate reports of the other side of the [...]
[...] word nonetheless on disciplinary movement for UC Davis Police Lt. John Pike, a officer who wielded a mist can “as if he’s dousing a quarrel of bugs with insecticide.” [...]