11.19.11
Chemical warfare and the Battle of UC Davis
Hosing unarmed students with pepper spray, as the police did at UC Davis, is a new low.
The video speaks for itself. Use of burning chemical spray to the eyes is totally unjustified. And it tells us that many parts of this country are crippled by moral bankruptcy and bereft of basic human decency. Such actions justify further civil unrest.
Torturing civilians in the US cannot end well for the torturers. In the short term, someone should begin buying police-style helmets with face guards for OWS protests.
UC Davis and the police erred badly. And the video shows this.
Despite the exhibition of brutality and callousness students gained the upper hand, herded there attackers into a defensive position, where brandishing riot control guns, the police were made to look even worse.
“You can go!” shouts the crowd. The police were forced to retreat.
“Join our strike!” the crowd yells as the video ends.
I need a new category tag. Suggestions?
Lou Novacheck said,
November 19, 2011 at 2:30 pm
I have two files that I easily find several things daily to add to each. One is titled ‘What’s Wrong With America, WWWA, and the other is What’s Wrong With the World, WWWW. This article will be added to the WWWA file, of course, but it could just as easily be added to the other. UC Davis doesn’t have a lock on this type of conduct.
Christoph Hechl said,
November 20, 2011 at 10:39 am
I would suggest: “Awaking sovereign”
Since the people slowly seem to recall the fundamental principle, that in a democracy the people rule the government. Of course this is based on theory, not on observation.
Christoph Hechl said,
November 20, 2011 at 10:42 am
Typo: Replace government with country.