She has everything to lose 400K a year, plus a house and car--free, pension and status. She is a liar and a fraud. Resign isn't good enough, they will put another shill in her place. The system needs to change.
I feel she should resign. There's a lot she said that shows she lacks an incredible amount of foresight. The outcome was a predictable one, and in making the decisions she did she has shown she is not fit to make the necessary decisions for students best interests. The health and safety comments, what a sham. Police brutality and arrests over public toilets? Also, the only thing that will take time is her gaining trust again, NOT understanding vocal students who she didn't listen to before.
Why is this communist the chancellor of UC Davis? Is it any wonder that UC Davis is famous for allowing their labs to be used to make disgusting biological weapons? The poisonous materials used in chemtrails using nanotechnology and biowarfare elements was done largely by UC Davis labs. This college should be held accountable for this as 1000s if not millions have already died. 95% of Pacific NW wild salmon have been killed off since 2005? Watch the doc, "What in the World are They Spraying?"
According to an article on Sacramento Bee this month, Katehi is planning to bring more students from one cpuntry where economy is blooming, because out-of-state tuition is higher. One UC Davis student who is a campus tour-guide said Katehi pays a lot for campus tour to invite the people from that country. I saw the buses carrying them and stopped in the middle of the street near the campus. Does she really care the safety of the stduents more than money? She forget that UC Davis is public.
Of course we can forgive Katehi, but she must have known that police officers are not capable of making wise and deescalating decisions, so claiming she was shocked about the events is highly disingenuous. Anyone who's been watching the news in recent weeks knows the disregard for human rights and tactical and general intellectual limitations of US police. How can a person that naive be the chancellor of an institution of higher education ?!? She is not a role model at all for wise leadership.
@915buck This woman being interviewed, Linda Katehi, is the human being responsible for everything that happened to those students. Obviously she has to answer for her crimes (unfortunately, her answers were just calculated, political bullshit to make herself seem innocent), although it's not like it will change what she did.
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I believe that demanding a resignation is way too harsh. She seems very sorry about what has happened. What happened to second chances? I don't think firing her would solve much, and she has been making an effort to reach out to the students and faculty.
@forkcollector i would agree, if that was the first incident of that kind. but considering what happened e.g. in berkely just a week before, her decision was fatal. she must have known, that police is obviously not capable of dealing with non-violent protesters in an apropiate way. she should have anticipated this.
imho she must take responsibilty for her failure, and that would be to resign. as the top commenter correctly noted, she's a uc chancellor, not a high school principal or mother goose
@AGolfFan4Life Your a sick bastard. Only a psycho or someone who enjoys watching people suffer would want people who aren't hurting anyone to get pepper sprayed. It is one of the most painful things I have ever felt, and if you were pepper sprayed you would be on the ground begging for your mommy. I would bet my life on that. btw golf is the worst sport in history just for the record.
It's insane to demand the resignation of this woman because of the events. If I criticized her for something, it is that she is too soft on those communist pampered "occupying" bastards. She just protected the safety of the university, acting against external commies etc. which was OK in the big picture. The small picture was up to the police who, unlike the professors, don't think that commies' assholes should be licked all the time. Get used to it.
as a chancellor it was not her job to PARENT the students as she was suggesting she was, instead, she has the responsibility to guide, lead and inspire the student body. Her failure as a leader was not because of her being cautious, it was because of her doubt on the intelligence of her students and her denial of their rights to express themselves in whichever way they choose and allow them to take responsibilities of themselves.
Give my thumbs up.......Th students didn't pose a threat......a 5 year old girl could have walked up and handcuffed the students....why couldn't the cops????
The pepper spray is only to when the cops can't hand cuff them without it......Nobody was kicking, wrestling around or anything....they were just sitting there....and notice how the cop waved the canister before he sprayed them to show off.......
Look.....its this simple.....a 5 year old girl could have slapped cuffs on their wrists.
I thought Chancellors were supposed to fight for students, not against them.
Part of the problem is that the Chancellors are so quick to take their marching orders and talking points from the Regents, UC President, and State government on budget cuts, escalating tuition, etc. that they have failed to be a voice for the students.
I want to finish my studies and research. I want to focus on my immediate goals. Changing the world has too many interpretations and meanings so I won't get into an argument with you on that. I'll change the world in my own way. If that makes me selfish, then I should not be criticized for being selfish.
But back to the ORIGINAL question: I can go camping on the quad whenever I can? You said there was no criminal law, but are there any regulations or rules against it?
@moritobloke OK, probably. But do you understand the difference between "regulations or rules" and laws? And in particular, criminal laws? Because you need to, as does that overpaid, under achieving, chancellor who has as much difficulty with the truth as she does with taking responsibility and understanding her own culpability. If you're happy to get on with your studies while your fellow students are getting beaten up - for sitting down, I'm not impressed.
Ani Ucar is dancing the thin line and she'd better be carefull of attempting to "get into the mind" of Chancellor Katehi's brain because it's a dangerous neighborhood in there. Diabolical indeed.
@anthonysrevolution And very scary. Given her history, she should know better. I distrust this woman with every fibre of my body. She's duplicitous, refuses to accept responsibility for her actions, and uses the Athens incident to try boost her credibility and prove she's a decent person. Decent people don't allow cops to assault students - in the name of health and safety, and if you care about students more than insurance liability - which she clearly does not. Fucking ironic.
I graduated from UC Davis in 2009. Here are some numbers you should consider. annual UC Tuition (not including books, rent, campus parking, food, printing fees) : '01-'02: $3,429 '02-'03: $3,834 '03-'04: $4,984 '04-'05: $5,684 '05-'06: $6,141 '06-'07: $6,141 '07-'08: $6,636 '08-'09: $7,126 '09-'10: $8,958 '10-'11: $10,302 '11-'12: $12,192 proposed 81% hike by Mark Yudof and the UC Regents would put tuition at over $22,000 by the '15-'16 school year..that's more than $7,000 per 10-week quarter
She can't speak English but she can speak the only language that the 1% hear and that is pure greed, fascism and the love of money & corruption. Money speaks louder than words.
Although my thoughts on the issue have begun to change, this video has confirmed my changing thoughts: Katehi was not at fault. There was a senseless tyrant involved in this incident, but it was not her.
The UC Davis police need to be brought to justice. I fully believe that Katehi would never have intended for this to happen, whereas the law enforcement have built such a disconnection with the student body that they find accomplishment in doing these violent acts.
"1) Your attorney should find out if the Chancellor and Police Chief had planned the intimidation and hurting of peaceful protesters. If so, make sure that they are FIRED. Otherwise, they will do it to you again in some future date; 2) Make sure that mechanisms are set to roll back the salary of the top administrators and the president with their fat paychecks in order to repeal the proposed fee increase. Otherwise, you may have won the battle but lost the war. "
Stop blaming the chancellor. She is doing her best and has a good heart. She is genuinely sorry about everything that is happened and is committed to making change for the better. She was a student herself and has seen protests.
Linda P.B. Katehi thought she was part of "the Regime of Colonels" : Το καθεστώς των Συνταγματαρχών but soon found out that was not the case. November 17th!
without her consent, the police wouldn't have pepper sprayed the poor, innocent, vulnerable students who could only stayed together & covered their heads with elbows. The parents would like to see their children being taught properly & expressed themselves nonviolently. Shame on USA & UC Davis. Just LEAVE. No more excuses.
It sounds like she's learned her lesson, but seriously, If you're really concerned about student's safety and health wouldn't it be a lot more reasonable to just post one police officer around the clock and maybe unlock a nearby building for bathrooms, maybe rent a port-a-potty?
A university campus with 60,000 students must have three or four campus cops on duty over night. I know mine did.
@washme1ful Okay, can you try removing your emotions from this and follow critical thinking about how to approach this? I was not "manipulated" by her; I already had the impression when I heard the story a week ago that protesters were just venting their anger by finding someone to blame. It's pretty clear that the trigger-happy police officers were to blame. She did not order pepperspraying students, nevertheless removing them. It was a responsible but incorrect decision to use police force.
reactionary, corporate chancellor pretending to sound like an academic. miserable display from one of similarly minded uc chancellors and top administrators who continue to make money out of student tuitions. please resign immediately. stop pretending to sound as if being on the side of the students when you order police violence. katehi IS responsible.
You would think that if AGTV was making an interview video that was going to be seen all over the world, you would think they would spend some time on their lighting techniques. "Hey, let's just throw a harsh spot right on the side of her face." Come on, TV department, at least make some effort for something high profile.
she's lying she sent a letter saying the students would be arrested if they do not move their tents. They did move their tents and in the process a group decided to sit down linked in arms nonviolently. The police were not suppose to disperse the students? Well they didn't get that memo. You can see LT. Pike waving around the pepper spray can at his fellow officers showing off before spraying the students back and forth.
Oh, & one last thing! Has anyone else looked at the footage of other University of California campus protests/sit-ins? I thought UCBerk. is an interesting one to compare to Davis's administrative & police reaction to students & the tents. A larger crowd at UCB had police involvement as well - the police arrived sans riot gear and ASKED students to take down tents. Those who refused at 1st were then TOLD to. The third & final action of police there, to those still refusing to take down & remove
AND I do have a question because I was unable to attend the "conference" yesterday (Monday 21, 2011) & wasn't able to see all of this video - problems on my end, not with the video. I've heard contradictory reports regarding whether or not the Chancellor "stepped down"/resigned. As I was having a medical appt. at UCDMC in Sacramento I'm not quite sure if she did - though my doctor said that he "believed she did". Just wanting the facts. :) - A Concerned UCD Alumnus
I want to know who these monsters/boogie men & women who "weren't students"/"affiliated with the university". Anyone know? Because "alumni" are affiliated with the university, & city residents have every right to be there as well as it effects & affects the community. Some faculty & staff have been naysaying & been opposed to hiking-up tuition *again* in this school year. So I'm just curious as to who these badly-behaving non-students are?
I got an idea...don't call the police next time! Jesus Christ is that really so much to ask for? The students are adults. Let them take care of themselves! They're smart enough.
If you think about it, if she didn't do anything and over the weekend or at night, someone gets raped or murdered, who will be blamed? The chancellor. "Oh, the protestors didn't have protection! where were the police, blah blah blah... "
Yes, I agree. Do not resign. The kids got what they asked for! It was either pepper spray or paintball! So better remove that freaking tent! This ain't black friday! :P And/or do it hippie style and protest without one like real protestors. BTW don't the kids have some chem/bio/polysci exam to study for instead of sitting around. :)
KATEHI has seen CARNAGE! 13 people died at her university! 17 Nov, 1973 Be informed! Getting a new chancellor will not make real change! We need school policies to be changed- a different chancellor will not fix the regulations that we are fighting against. The target isn't Katehi, it is the system!!. If we bring in another chancellor their will be no requirement for change, no expectation such as we have RIGHT NOW with Katehi!! If you want change, change the LAW!! KATEHI IS LISTENING!!
If her concern was closed bathrooms, it would have been easier to send a custodian down with a key to open the bathrooms. If her concern was potentially unruly outsiders, it would have been easier to post a couple of highly visible campus police at the scene to ensure the student's' safety was being maintained, with a larger force on call, instead of sending a goon squad out to arrest people and dismantle their tents.
KATEHI has seen CARNAGE! 13 people died at her university! 17 Nov, 1973 Be informed! Getting a new chancellor will not make real change! We need school policies to be changed- a different chancellor will not fix the regulations that we are fighting against. The target isn't Katehi, it is the system!!. If we bring in another chancellor their will be no requirement for change, no expectation such as we have RIGHT NOW with Katehi!! If you want change, change the LAW!! KATEHI IS LISTENING!!
@myownpsycho I agree she may be very willing to change things, but she is limited to, she is part of the bigger machine behind the curtain, the MACHINE must change, the MACHINE that Mario Savio spoke about decades ago. The machine that allows the same people that sit on Boards of Directors for corporate shareholders to also sit on Boards of Trustees at our American PUBLIC universities. The entire American public university/college system has to be much more democratic for American students
All she had to do was visit the campus and see what was going on, but she couldn't be bothered and it led to a terrible mistake. The students will never forget this, and she will continue to be pressured to resign. Her services are no longer required.
They were safe, they were fine, they would have been fine at night. No one is going to get away with any violence in such a big attentive crowd. Bringing in police is the quickest way to excite violence.
If she doesn't understand that these students are capable of taking care of themselves and evaluating their own risk, she needs to resign. The actions that occurred were damaging on many levels and would have been much better handled by allowing the students to protest.
Under her watch, that's the bottom line. To quote her "this is no picnic for the students" Katehi has let her watch collapse and maybe she will run for mayor of Oakland. Lots of luck!!
01:40 --enhanced by non-students who were there to show support for the students!
02:00--what health issues?..facilities closed??...the 24-hour room is right next to the quad with both male & female restrooms as well as a water fountain!
02:47--once again the 24 hr room has open facilities even during the weekend...and i believe the computer lab in hart hall is open on the weekends and there are male and female bathrooms there....right next to the quad!
06:35--they should be fired...what good is paid administrative leave?...pepper spray students and essentially get a paid vacation??...c'mon...youve got to be kidding me.
07:10--too late for that...that dialogue between admin and students needed to happen about 2 years ago...and even before that with vanderhof.
09:15--you shouldve already had these discussions in the big lecture halls when the first round of proposed tution hikes were mentioned.
Oh, and there was a video of the Police Chief from the Today Show, I think, where she (the PC) said – on video – that the police were TRYING to leave, and were unable to make an exit, and that's why they did this. BULL. SHIT.
It was the police's decision, not hers! She should not resign! She was the only UC Chancellor who voted not to increase tuition! People, you need to know that she brought in the funds to make UC Davis better! We ranked #42 before and since she became the chancellor, our rank went up! STOP BLAMING HER for everything!
@axena45 I totally agree with you. The cops made the decision to pepper spray the students. She didn't make that call. Why would anyone assume those 2 cops would resort to that, especially when they weren't being threatened? There was absolutely no reason for it and the only people to blame are those cops. I actually commend Katehi for not resigning and committing to work with the students and community to deal with these issues. She's not just blowing it off and walking away. Good for her.
@kmbradshaw000: Yes, I commend Katehi for not resigning as well! She remains strong and she will make it through. It's a shame to see that some people are making negative comments about her ability to handle the English language. Her English is proficient and she knows more than one language! Sometimes, we need to step back and see the work that she has done for the university. We are getting new facilities and more resources to use because of her! Show some appreciation and not HATE!
@axena45 I think most students would appreciate a lowered tuition as opposed to new facilities. No point investing in new buildings if students can no longer afford to be there to utilize them. My sophomore year at Davis thousands of dollars were poured into the creation of the Centennial Walkway the protesters sat on..which was at a time when tuition started to drastically increase. I would've been fine walking on a less expensive, non-Centennial walkway if it meant tuition stayed the same.
You don't need a task force to ask what went wrong here. You can watch 15 seconds of the pepper spray video and what went wrong is obvious. This is all just lip service to try to take the least amount of responsibility as possible.
I have a friend who is a high school football coach. At the games he wear this sweater. On the back of his sweater it reads this "DEEDS, NOT WORDS". Your deeds speaks louder than your words, Ms. Katehi.
@metricwitch How on earth can the Chancellor of one campus stop rising tuition? The state cut funding to UC so UC are forced to either cut classes or raise tuition (or some combination). They need money to run. The state have to cut funding because they've a massive deficit and they're deep in debt. What is anyone to do? How about a bit of understanding. Rather than blurting the first thing that comes to your mind?
@2times333 They absolutely can stop rising tuition. A big part of their job is to find financial funding for the school by private donations. It is a very political position.
@kka91 Chancellor Katehi has been very aggressive in raising money to replace lost state funding. She initiated a big fund raising drive and brought in more fundraisers. Has gotten to about half of its goal so far I believe..."Campaign for UC Davis".
@metricwitch the state pulled more than $650 million from UC Davis funding. With that said, Chancellor Katehi has stated there is a plan in place to raise funds from corporations and by other means called 2020. Look it up.
Don't blame the chancellor for what happened on friday, blame the police who pepper sprayed the students. Katehi didn't specifically tell the police to pepper spray the students, she only told them to remove the tents. She has a lot of remorse for what happened, I wouldn't resign either.
@MMTank707.....The buck stops at her desk, regardless of her actions or intentions. Penn State's president resigned his position in the wake of the Sandusky molestation charges. It's only a matter of time before this woman understands that she is she has become part of the problem and cannot possibly be part of the solution.
@MMTank707 Sorry, you're wrong. She is ultimately responsible in fact & in law. Aside from the fact she displays a lack of intellect, she is wrong on several important points. Most important is when she says: "So, technically speaking, the police followed protocol..." in answer to the question: "Do you feel the police were within their rights..." The use of the word "technically" is evasive. Protocol is dependent upon circumstances. The circumstances for pepper spray deployment did not exist.
@MMTank707 The very fact she is making that defence now, days after the offences were committed, tells you that she is in denial, not just of her own responsibility, but that of her police staff. If you really want the police changed, you have to change the person in charge of them - the person who is even now making excuses for them. I have a great deal of experience of these matters. I can assure you this woman is a classic example of the Peter Principle. Google it for more info. Shit floats.
@G58 Anyone can call the cops for a misdeed and that is what her obligation as chancellor was. She called the cops to get rid of the tents. Nothing more, nothing less. Second, the Peter Principal is a theory not a sure fire way to judge a system of hierarchy. You are basically saying that since the president is of such high power he cannot fulfill his job duties effectively, and that goes for all high power positions. If you don't like how the government is run move to North Korea.
She had no control of the cops is actually her only defense. She should have considered the consequences of allowing a paramilitary force with banned chemical weapons onto campus. She regrets virtually everything she did, but refuses to take responsibility for the situation. Terrible terrible manager.
@MMTank707 Next you'll be telling me you live in a democracy & believe in civil rights! What you're doing is allowing your political ideology to determine your thinking. At your age that's a terrible mistake. What would you say if they were your friends, fighting for something you agreed with [NRA?]? That's the test of tolerance & decency: When you advocate the same rights you demand for yourself & your friends - for those you do not agree with [Libs, gays?]. Otherwise you're a simple fascist.
@MMTank707 WHAT? Are you simple minded? Have you totally failed to understand what's happening here and what I've said? What does it matter where I am? I own a software company based in the UK and San Francisco. I hire students from universities all over the State. But that's utterly irrelevant. They are young people who were committing no crime, exercising their First Amendment rights. I'm a former military officer. I admire their courage and self control.
@G58 It actually does matter because I am here knowing exactly what is happening while you sit at your computer and watch you tube videos and read news articles for your information. Likewise my father was a major in the air force and i respect the military. You have your views, I have mine, I go to UC Davis not an easy school to get into so stating i'm "simple minded" is disrespectful. This conversation is over.
@MMTank707 Get your facts right and you will have more credibility. I wasn't "stating" you are "simple minded", I was enquiring if you were - because the statements you were making suggested you have either a warped or no understanding of the true situation. What IS "disrespectful" is to not support your fellow students in their cause. Learn to think for yourself. The military do not deserve respect unconditionally, and neither does anyone else. Respect has to be earned - and maintained.
@G58 I am on campus and I see everything that is going on with my own two eyes. My facts are correct and I know the situation. I agree tuition should not be raised, but that isn't what every person camping on the quad is fighting about. I agree there was police brutality. I DONT agree blaming the chancellor, she has done a lot for this University. That was the only case I was making, not tuition or police brutality initially. And yes the military does deserve respect unconditionally.
@MMTank707 If that's really the case, you're allowing your political indoctrination to cloud your ability to be objective. The entire Occupy movement is about all the gross inequities in society. Tuition fees are just one part of that - the part that affects you. Chancellor Katehi IS ultimately responsible for two reasons: The police had used violence against unarmed students on UC campuses in the days before Friday 18. Chancellor Katehi was aware of this before allowing them to go into action.
@MMTank707 OK, does the military deserve "respect unconditionally" if they kill women and children, journalists, other civilians, and their own allies? Does the military deserve "respect unconditionally" if they engage in a war on false intelligence that they and all other agencies of government KNOW is false? No-one deserves "respect unconditionally". Chancellor Katehi is a typical example. A few acts of good do not mitigate one or more acts of gross negligence. It doesn't work like that.
@MMTank707 On May 4 1970, at Kent State University National Guardsmen fired on students protesting US involvement in the Vietnam war & invasion of Cambodia. 4 were killed & 9 injured, 1 permanently disabled. Many guardsmen later testified they were in fear for their lives. But of those wounded, none was closer than 71 feet to the guardsmen. Of those killed, the nearest was 265 feet away! Two of those killed were not protesting but walking from one class to the next at the time of their deaths.
@G58 Also, students have different beliefs just like everyone else. I can represent what I want how I want. It isn't disrespectful if I don't believe what they are rallying about is right. This is just one example me thinking for myself.
@G58 The police are the ones to blame. This whole dam protest was started by the occupy movement. Getting students involved with their fight is a good strategy, however, tents on campus grounds is illegal and she ordered them removed which is appropriate. They could have happily stayed in the park downtown, but they made this into a shit show. So i am right in fact. She had no control over the students getting pepper sprayed. THE END
@MMTank707 What do you mean by "illegal"? Do you mean there is a law saying that pitching tents on campus is a criminal offence? I can absolutely assure you it is not. That's not even the argument she's making or her given reason at the time. She asked the students to leave & remove the tents for health and safety reasons. But what she really meant by that was UC Davis insurance liability. All civil matters. Nothing whatsoever to do with criminality or the police. Learn to listen.
@G58 Can I have a cookout while I'm camping on the quad? Can I pitch 60 tents on the quad for days? I would probably need a pee bucket if I camp there overnight? Don't think the buildings would be open for me to use bathroom. What happens if other students want do ultimate frisbee on the quad while I have those tents there? Maybe not criminal law, but are there regulations that would prevent me from camping on the quad?
@moritobloke Do you want to play frisbee or do you want to change the world?
Occupy the damned buildings. Set up an alternative administration. These kids want lower tuition fees. So: Demand access to the university accounts. It's a public body. And if the cops come back and cause more violence, use the powers given to you in the Constitution, form a militia & arrest them. Demand justice. And if necessary, take them before a judge. Organize, get legal and make a difference.
Chancellor Ketehi did not give the approval for use of pepper spray. This was a judgement call of the officers and ultimately the Chief is responsible for their actions. Personally, Chancellor Ketehi has from the start stated that this should not have happened where as the Chief officer during an interview stated the officers were in their right to use Pepper Spray. Chancellor Ketehi stated that policies are guidelines & may not always be right for every situation
Kudos UC Davis students. Peaceful activists are observing closely your positive unified handling of each situation that has come your way this past week. Peaceful protests across the land have one common thread, protesting Wall Street crimes that affect Main Street w/austerity measures against citizens of our once great country. It's people like college students, middle class/working poor, unemployed, children, disabled, seniors, veterans,etc who suffer while corporations/banks get tax cuts
@kka91 yes they're all protesting Wall Street whether they realize it or not. Why do you suppose their tuition went up? Because the economy is down and California has less revenue from sales tax. But at the same time stock markets have gone up and corporations/banks in CA are getting coporate tax cuts. CA Proposition 24 in 2010 was an attempt to repeal the corporate tax cuts approved by Gov Schwarzennegger, but it was voted NO by uninformed tea party voters. This is cause of high tuition hikes
@kka91 CA Proposition 24 would've prevented eligible corporations from receiving about $1.3 billion in tax breaks per year. But now fat cats that sit on CA corporate Boards of Shareholders are raking it in while these college kids suffer enormous tuition hikes that shut them out of the American Dream. Look at the Boards of Trustees on university boards throughout the country, many of them sit on corporate boards too. Like George Carlin used to say ",,, It's a big club and you ain't in it..,"
@kka91 George Carlin (RIP) was warning the American People about the 1% for decades , he called them "the owners of this country". Watch this video "George Carlin - It's a big club and you ain't in it" w w w.youtube. com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0
Great journalism young lady! You managed not to ask any hot button issue questions. Where was the question about budget? Where was the question about her resignation? This was a such a conformist piece. I feel like she is my 3rd grade principal and I am a silly student who does not know any better. Get real people they are just humoring us with these interviews.
@kchuk It's called accountability. Something that has been largely forgotten by those in positions of power... but no worries, The People will help them remember.
Who is supporting her to continue? Is it the UC President? Is it some from the State Legislature? What's the motivation? Is the golden parachute? Is the perks? What? I still do not get it?
She makes me almost as angry as the original video did. I heard her take responsibility but, unless I missed something, I never heard, I AM SORRY! Is that so damned hard? I'm sorry...we screwed up...I'm sorry...but no, nothing of that. BITCH!
What a disgrace to bullshit degrees everywhere. Tesla's rolling over in his grave.
combatsambonyc 2 weeks ago
So I guess the whole occupy movement died once it was time to go home and collect Christmas presents? :P
loverrlee 1 month ago
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loverrlee 1 month ago
protocol? oh please, they pepper sprayed students that were nonviolent
bayoubell1 1 month ago
She has everything to lose 400K a year, plus a house and car--free, pension and status. She is a liar and a fraud. Resign isn't good enough, they will put another shill in her place. The system needs to change.
bayoubell1 1 month ago
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mick7sp 2 months ago
Actually, she is quite intelligent and is motivated to find the best solution and to prevent this from happening in the future.
thekk11 2 months ago
I feel she should resign. There's a lot she said that shows she lacks an incredible amount of foresight. The outcome was a predictable one, and in making the decisions she did she has shown she is not fit to make the necessary decisions for students best interests. The health and safety comments, what a sham. Police brutality and arrests over public toilets? Also, the only thing that will take time is her gaining trust again, NOT understanding vocal students who she didn't listen to before.
nib95 2 months ago
"the police is following protocol???" what bullshit
AstriaICOW 2 months ago
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FUCK THIS BITCH.
nicksnow 3 months ago
Is there a transcript of this available anywhere? I am deaf and the auto transcription above is nothing short of delirious.
browneyedgirl65 3 months ago
Why is this communist the chancellor of UC Davis? Is it any wonder that UC Davis is famous for allowing their labs to be used to make disgusting biological weapons? The poisonous materials used in chemtrails using nanotechnology and biowarfare elements was done largely by UC Davis labs. This college should be held accountable for this as 1000s if not millions have already died. 95% of Pacific NW wild salmon have been killed off since 2005? Watch the doc, "What in the World are They Spraying?"
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According to an article on Sacramento Bee this month, Katehi is planning to bring more students from one cpuntry where economy is blooming, because out-of-state tuition is higher. One UC Davis student who is a campus tour-guide said Katehi pays a lot for campus tour to invite the people from that country. I saw the buses carrying them and stopped in the middle of the street near the campus. Does she really care the safety of the stduents more than money? She forget that UC Davis is public.
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lvcappuccino 3 months ago
Of course we can forgive Katehi, but she must have known that police officers are not capable of making wise and deescalating decisions, so claiming she was shocked about the events is highly disingenuous. Anyone who's been watching the news in recent weeks knows the disregard for human rights and tactical and general intellectual limitations of US police. How can a person that naive be the chancellor of an institution of higher education ?!? She is not a role model at all for wise leadership.
buenosdiers 3 months ago 2
Thanks for posting the whole interview.
bcnihao 3 months ago
Oh yeah two women discussing the events, yeah this is gonna matter.....give me a break!!!
915buck 3 months ago
@915buck This woman being interviewed, Linda Katehi, is the human being responsible for everything that happened to those students. Obviously she has to answer for her crimes (unfortunately, her answers were just calculated, political bullshit to make herself seem innocent), although it's not like it will change what she did.
LordNazgulKing 3 months ago
@LordNazgulKing Are you saying she is the person who gave the "go" for using pepper spray?
thekk11 2 months ago
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I believe that demanding a resignation is way too harsh. She seems very sorry about what has happened. What happened to second chances? I don't think firing her would solve much, and she has been making an effort to reach out to the students and faculty.
forkcollector 3 months ago
@forkcollector i would agree, if that was the first incident of that kind. but considering what happened e.g. in berkely just a week before, her decision was fatal. she must have known, that police is obviously not capable of dealing with non-violent protesters in an apropiate way. she should have anticipated this.
imho she must take responsibilty for her failure, and that would be to resign. as the top commenter correctly noted, she's a uc chancellor, not a high school principal or mother goose
RossoBianco1895 3 months ago
@AGolfFan4Life Your a sick bastard. Only a psycho or someone who enjoys watching people suffer would want people who aren't hurting anyone to get pepper sprayed. It is one of the most painful things I have ever felt, and if you were pepper sprayed you would be on the ground begging for your mommy. I would bet my life on that. btw golf is the worst sport in history just for the record.
briy123 3 months ago
@briy123 Pepper Spray hurts like hell. But If you arent a dumb fuck and over react, its. not bad at all.
xxghostxxihmxx 3 months ago
Where it went wrong was when the authorities decided to use force and violence to stop a peaceful protest.
beanfieldsteve 3 months ago
It's insane to demand the resignation of this woman because of the events. If I criticized her for something, it is that she is too soft on those communist pampered "occupying" bastards. She just protected the safety of the university, acting against external commies etc. which was OK in the big picture. The small picture was up to the police who, unlike the professors, don't think that commies' assholes should be licked all the time. Get used to it.
lumajs 3 months ago
Very little eye contact....
Kymimom 3 months ago
as a chancellor it was not her job to PARENT the students as she was suggesting she was, instead, she has the responsibility to guide, lead and inspire the student body. Her failure as a leader was not because of her being cautious, it was because of her doubt on the intelligence of her students and her denial of their rights to express themselves in whichever way they choose and allow them to take responsibilities of themselves.
RiceballRox 3 months ago 5
Boot the b##### !!!
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Give my thumbs up.......Th students didn't pose a threat......a 5 year old girl could have walked up and handcuffed the students....why couldn't the cops????
The pepper spray is only to when the cops can't hand cuff them without it......Nobody was kicking, wrestling around or anything....they were just sitting there....and notice how the cop waved the canister before he sprayed them to show off.......
Look.....its this simple.....a 5 year old girl could have slapped cuffs on their wrists.
PoliticalPimpin 3 months ago
I thought Chancellors were supposed to fight for students, not against them.
Part of the problem is that the Chancellors are so quick to take their marching orders and talking points from the Regents, UC President, and State government on budget cuts, escalating tuition, etc. that they have failed to be a voice for the students.
CalDodger 3 months ago 10
Very reasonable. She released the pepper spraying thugs to protect "student health".
clouz22 3 months ago
I want to finish my studies and research. I want to focus on my immediate goals. Changing the world has too many interpretations and meanings so I won't get into an argument with you on that. I'll change the world in my own way. If that makes me selfish, then I should not be criticized for being selfish.
But back to the ORIGINAL question: I can go camping on the quad whenever I can? You said there was no criminal law, but are there any regulations or rules against it?
moritobloke 3 months ago
@moritobloke OK, probably. But do you understand the difference between "regulations or rules" and laws? And in particular, criminal laws? Because you need to, as does that overpaid, under achieving, chancellor who has as much difficulty with the truth as she does with taking responsibility and understanding her own culpability. If you're happy to get on with your studies while your fellow students are getting beaten up - for sitting down, I'm not impressed.
G58 3 months ago
The problems?
California Penal Code Section 12403.7.
Headwaters Forest Defense v. The County of Humboldt
Look into those ma'am....
gangstamind187 3 months ago
Go Bills....
devin3280 3 months ago
Ani Ucar is dancing the thin line and she'd better be carefull of attempting to "get into the mind" of Chancellor Katehi's brain because it's a dangerous neighborhood in there. Diabolical indeed.
MusketSniper 3 months ago
Holy Christ the Chancellor looks like a reincarnated Nazi death camp guard and what's worse is she sounds like Andy Kaufman! LMAO!
MusketSniper 3 months ago
It's interesting how she uses the safety of the public as a reason to use police force against peaceful protesters.
anthonysrevolution 3 months ago
@anthonysrevolution And very scary. Given her history, she should know better. I distrust this woman with every fibre of my body. She's duplicitous, refuses to accept responsibility for her actions, and uses the Athens incident to try boost her credibility and prove she's a decent person. Decent people don't allow cops to assault students - in the name of health and safety, and if you care about students more than insurance liability - which she clearly does not. Fucking ironic.
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Caligula916 3 months ago
Aside from the pepperspray, who ordered the police physical handling of the peaceful college students?
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
Who's that pretty Miss?
Where did she do her hair.
Msann1205 3 months ago
@Msann1205 Are you talking about Chancellor Katehi?
bladeliu 3 months ago
Why does this video have so many dislikes? It really sounds like she wants to help. You students at UC Davis are very lucky to have her.
diggity0169 3 months ago
Not her fault, lay off it.
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She can't speak English but she can speak the only language that the 1% hear and that is pure greed, fascism and the love of money & corruption. Money speaks louder than words.
halcyon0830 3 months ago
Although my thoughts on the issue have begun to change, this video has confirmed my changing thoughts: Katehi was not at fault. There was a senseless tyrant involved in this incident, but it was not her.
The UC Davis police need to be brought to justice. I fully believe that Katehi would never have intended for this to happen, whereas the law enforcement have built such a disconnection with the student body that they find accomplishment in doing these violent acts.
ndarkened1 3 months ago 2
Ani Ucar is cute.
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herpderpmonkey 3 months ago
"1) Your attorney should find out if the Chancellor and Police Chief had planned the intimidation and hurting of peaceful protesters. If so, make sure that they are FIRED. Otherwise, they will do it to you again in some future date; 2) Make sure that mechanisms are set to roll back the salary of the top administrators and the president with their fat paychecks in order to repeal the proposed fee increase. Otherwise, you may have won the battle but lost the war. "
irajkhodadoost 3 months ago
Stop blaming the chancellor. She is doing her best and has a good heart. She is genuinely sorry about everything that is happened and is committed to making change for the better. She was a student herself and has seen protests.
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Philflash 3 months ago
without her consent, the police wouldn't have pepper sprayed the poor, innocent, vulnerable students who could only stayed together & covered their heads with elbows. The parents would like to see their children being taught properly & expressed themselves nonviolently. Shame on USA & UC Davis. Just LEAVE. No more excuses.
Msann1205 3 months ago
It sounds like she's learned her lesson, but seriously, If you're really concerned about student's safety and health wouldn't it be a lot more reasonable to just post one police officer around the clock and maybe unlock a nearby building for bathrooms, maybe rent a port-a-potty?
A university campus with 60,000 students must have three or four campus cops on duty over night. I know mine did.
jamesrumsey 3 months ago
PLEASE GOD FIRE HERE. A few words from the lady swayed every protestor from who she really is.
washme1ful 3 months ago
@washme1ful Okay, can you try removing your emotions from this and follow critical thinking about how to approach this? I was not "manipulated" by her; I already had the impression when I heard the story a week ago that protesters were just venting their anger by finding someone to blame. It's pretty clear that the trigger-happy police officers were to blame. She did not order pepperspraying students, nevertheless removing them. It was a responsible but incorrect decision to use police force.
herpderpmonkey 3 months ago
reactionary, corporate chancellor pretending to sound like an academic. miserable display from one of similarly minded uc chancellors and top administrators who continue to make money out of student tuitions. please resign immediately. stop pretending to sound as if being on the side of the students when you order police violence. katehi IS responsible.
archipelagohopper 3 months ago
I wonder if she will agree to get sprayed in the face with pepper spray just so that she knows what it feels like.
macmichael01 3 months ago
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I don't think she'll be dumb enough to resist police orders.
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prwexler 3 months ago
she's lying she sent a letter saying the students would be arrested if they do not move their tents. They did move their tents and in the process a group decided to sit down linked in arms nonviolently. The police were not suppose to disperse the students? Well they didn't get that memo. You can see LT. Pike waving around the pepper spray can at his fellow officers showing off before spraying the students back and forth.
TheMakeupspace 3 months ago
i want to occupy the interviewer.
whitestboyalive1 3 months ago
Oh, & one last thing! Has anyone else looked at the footage of other University of California campus protests/sit-ins? I thought UCBerk. is an interesting one to compare to Davis's administrative & police reaction to students & the tents. A larger crowd at UCB had police involvement as well - the police arrived sans riot gear and ASKED students to take down tents. Those who refused at 1st were then TOLD to. The third & final action of police there, to those still refusing to take down & remove
TripleHChez 3 months ago
AND I do have a question because I was unable to attend the "conference" yesterday (Monday 21, 2011) & wasn't able to see all of this video - problems on my end, not with the video. I've heard contradictory reports regarding whether or not the Chancellor "stepped down"/resigned. As I was having a medical appt. at UCDMC in Sacramento I'm not quite sure if she did - though my doctor said that he "believed she did". Just wanting the facts. :) - A Concerned UCD Alumnus
TripleHChez 3 months ago
I want to know who these monsters/boogie men & women who "weren't students"/"affiliated with the university". Anyone know? Because "alumni" are affiliated with the university, & city residents have every right to be there as well as it effects & affects the community. Some faculty & staff have been naysaying & been opposed to hiking-up tuition *again* in this school year. So I'm just curious as to who these badly-behaving non-students are?
TripleHChez 3 months ago
4:30 "Technically speaking the police followed protocol"
Next time could someone explain Chancellor Katehi the Statutory interpretation of the law, and the subjective enforcement principle?
peppeddu 3 months ago
Give her a chance to make it right. She is going in the right direction.
wehoric 3 months ago
I got an idea...don't call the police next time! Jesus Christ is that really so much to ask for? The students are adults. Let them take care of themselves! They're smart enough.
SofaKingAwesome89 3 months ago
If you think about it, if she didn't do anything and over the weekend or at night, someone gets raped or murdered, who will be blamed? The chancellor. "Oh, the protestors didn't have protection! where were the police, blah blah blah... "
cptech11 3 months ago
Yes, I agree. Do not resign. The kids got what they asked for! It was either pepper spray or paintball! So better remove that freaking tent! This ain't black friday! :P And/or do it hippie style and protest without one like real protestors. BTW don't the kids have some chem/bio/polysci exam to study for instead of sitting around. :)
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KATEHI has seen CARNAGE! 13 people died at her university! 17 Nov, 1973 Be informed! Getting a new chancellor will not make real change! We need school policies to be changed- a different chancellor will not fix the regulations that we are fighting against. The target isn't Katehi, it is the system!!. If we bring in another chancellor their will be no requirement for change, no expectation such as we have RIGHT NOW with Katehi!! If you want change, change the LAW!! KATEHI IS LISTENING!!
myownpsycho 3 months ago
If her concern was closed bathrooms, it would have been easier to send a custodian down with a key to open the bathrooms. If her concern was potentially unruly outsiders, it would have been easier to post a couple of highly visible campus police at the scene to ensure the student's' safety was being maintained, with a larger force on call, instead of sending a goon squad out to arrest people and dismantle their tents.
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KATEHI has seen CARNAGE! 13 people died at her university! 17 Nov, 1973 Be informed! Getting a new chancellor will not make real change! We need school policies to be changed- a different chancellor will not fix the regulations that we are fighting against. The target isn't Katehi, it is the system!!. If we bring in another chancellor their will be no requirement for change, no expectation such as we have RIGHT NOW with Katehi!! If you want change, change the LAW!! KATEHI IS LISTENING!!
myownpsycho 3 months ago 23
@myownpsycho I agree she may be very willing to change things, but she is limited to, she is part of the bigger machine behind the curtain, the MACHINE must change, the MACHINE that Mario Savio spoke about decades ago. The machine that allows the same people that sit on Boards of Directors for corporate shareholders to also sit on Boards of Trustees at our American PUBLIC universities. The entire American public university/college system has to be much more democratic for American students
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
All she had to do was visit the campus and see what was going on, but she couldn't be bothered and it led to a terrible mistake. The students will never forget this, and she will continue to be pressured to resign. Her services are no longer required.
SincerelyWritten 3 months ago
They were safe, they were fine, they would have been fine at night. No one is going to get away with any violence in such a big attentive crowd. Bringing in police is the quickest way to excite violence.
Nikiski05 3 months ago
If she doesn't understand that these students are capable of taking care of themselves and evaluating their own risk, she needs to resign. The actions that occurred were damaging on many levels and would have been much better handled by allowing the students to protest.
Nikiski05 3 months ago
Under her watch, that's the bottom line. To quote her "this is no picnic for the students" Katehi has let her watch collapse and maybe she will run for mayor of Oakland. Lots of luck!!
32159tmfdb 3 months ago
01:40 --enhanced by non-students who were there to show support for the students!
02:00--what health issues?..facilities closed??...the 24-hour room is right next to the quad with both male & female restrooms as well as a water fountain!
02:47--once again the 24 hr room has open facilities even during the weekend...and i believe the computer lab in hart hall is open on the weekends and there are male and female bathrooms there....right next to the quad!
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Caligula916 3 months ago
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03:16--neither the tents nor the people should have been removed in the first place!
04:10--you know what the problems have been...a proposed set of tuition hikes..this will be the third in less than 2 years!...thats the main issue.
04:25--best way to correct the problem is to step down and allow for another chancellor to be chosen.
04:36--good job not condemning the police's actions on Friday!
05:30--task force committee should be an unbiased outside committee!
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Caligula916 3 months ago
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06:35--they should be fired...what good is paid administrative leave?...pepper spray students and essentially get a paid vacation??...c'mon...youve got to be kidding me.
07:10--too late for that...that dialogue between admin and students needed to happen about 2 years ago...and even before that with vanderhof.
09:15--you shouldve already had these discussions in the big lecture halls when the first round of proposed tution hikes were mentioned.
Caligula916 3 months ago
Oh, and there was a video of the Police Chief from the Today Show, I think, where she (the PC) said – on video – that the police were TRYING to leave, and were unable to make an exit, and that's why they did this. BULL. SHIT.
rhysnyc 3 months ago
It was the police's decision, not hers! She should not resign! She was the only UC Chancellor who voted not to increase tuition! People, you need to know that she brought in the funds to make UC Davis better! We ranked #42 before and since she became the chancellor, our rank went up! STOP BLAMING HER for everything!
axena45 3 months ago 6
@axena45 I totally agree with you. The cops made the decision to pepper spray the students. She didn't make that call. Why would anyone assume those 2 cops would resort to that, especially when they weren't being threatened? There was absolutely no reason for it and the only people to blame are those cops. I actually commend Katehi for not resigning and committing to work with the students and community to deal with these issues. She's not just blowing it off and walking away. Good for her.
kmbradshaw000 3 months ago
@kmbradshaw000: Yes, I commend Katehi for not resigning as well! She remains strong and she will make it through. It's a shame to see that some people are making negative comments about her ability to handle the English language. Her English is proficient and she knows more than one language! Sometimes, we need to step back and see the work that she has done for the university. We are getting new facilities and more resources to use because of her! Show some appreciation and not HATE!
axena45 3 months ago
@axena45 I think most students would appreciate a lowered tuition as opposed to new facilities. No point investing in new buildings if students can no longer afford to be there to utilize them. My sophomore year at Davis thousands of dollars were poured into the creation of the Centennial Walkway the protesters sat on..which was at a time when tuition started to drastically increase. I would've been fine walking on a less expensive, non-Centennial walkway if it meant tuition stayed the same.
manderz0606 3 months ago
@axena45 can't agree with you more. Well said.
MMTank707 3 months ago
You don't need a task force to ask what went wrong here. You can watch 15 seconds of the pepper spray video and what went wrong is obvious. This is all just lip service to try to take the least amount of responsibility as possible.
RESIGN.
rhysnyc 3 months ago 2
I guess they'll be adding an emergency eye wash kit to the freshman orientation packet.
LFraudHubbard 3 months ago 2
I have a friend who is a high school football coach. At the games he wear this sweater. On the back of his sweater it reads this "DEEDS, NOT WORDS". Your deeds speaks louder than your words, Ms. Katehi.
Renagade70 3 months ago 2
@Renagade70 DAYUM. Preach it.
NerdARGyle999 3 months ago
I wanna smack this dumb bitch in the face.
SnowboardPlata 3 months ago
lip service from the chancellor.... how about make some real changes, like stop raising the damn tuition fees!
metricwitch 3 months ago
@metricwitch How on earth can the Chancellor of one campus stop rising tuition? The state cut funding to UC so UC are forced to either cut classes or raise tuition (or some combination). They need money to run. The state have to cut funding because they've a massive deficit and they're deep in debt. What is anyone to do? How about a bit of understanding. Rather than blurting the first thing that comes to your mind?
2times333 3 months ago
@2times333 They absolutely can stop rising tuition. A big part of their job is to find financial funding for the school by private donations. It is a very political position.
kka91 3 months ago
@kka91 Chancellor Katehi has been very aggressive in raising money to replace lost state funding. She initiated a big fund raising drive and brought in more fundraisers. Has gotten to about half of its goal so far I believe..."Campaign for UC Davis".
AmentasOnIce 3 months ago
@metricwitch the state pulled more than $650 million from UC Davis funding. With that said, Chancellor Katehi has stated there is a plan in place to raise funds from corporations and by other means called 2020. Look it up.
bicrzed 3 months ago
The interviewer will go far in the media. She might even be able to replace Charlie Rose.
seenow22 3 months ago
Don't blame the chancellor for what happened on friday, blame the police who pepper sprayed the students. Katehi didn't specifically tell the police to pepper spray the students, she only told them to remove the tents. She has a lot of remorse for what happened, I wouldn't resign either.
MMTank707 3 months ago 24
@MMTank707.....The buck stops at her desk, regardless of her actions or intentions. Penn State's president resigned his position in the wake of the Sandusky molestation charges. It's only a matter of time before this woman understands that she is she has become part of the problem and cannot possibly be part of the solution.
silverestor 3 months ago
@MMTank707 She is responsible. Any time there is a problem it always goes back to leadership. She was in charge.
U.S. Army says so.
zrated186 3 months ago
@zrated186 The military is different.
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 Sorry, you're wrong. She is ultimately responsible in fact & in law. Aside from the fact she displays a lack of intellect, she is wrong on several important points. Most important is when she says: "So, technically speaking, the police followed protocol..." in answer to the question: "Do you feel the police were within their rights..." The use of the word "technically" is evasive. Protocol is dependent upon circumstances. The circumstances for pepper spray deployment did not exist.
G58 3 months ago
@MMTank707 The very fact she is making that defence now, days after the offences were committed, tells you that she is in denial, not just of her own responsibility, but that of her police staff. If you really want the police changed, you have to change the person in charge of them - the person who is even now making excuses for them. I have a great deal of experience of these matters. I can assure you this woman is a classic example of the Peter Principle. Google it for more info. Shit floats.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 Anyone can call the cops for a misdeed and that is what her obligation as chancellor was. She called the cops to get rid of the tents. Nothing more, nothing less. Second, the Peter Principal is a theory not a sure fire way to judge a system of hierarchy. You are basically saying that since the president is of such high power he cannot fulfill his job duties effectively, and that goes for all high power positions. If you don't like how the government is run move to North Korea.
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 Who taught you to think? Adolf Hitler?
She had no control of the cops is actually her only defense. She should have considered the consequences of allowing a paramilitary force with banned chemical weapons onto campus. She regrets virtually everything she did, but refuses to take responsibility for the situation. Terrible terrible manager.
G58 3 months ago
@MMTank707 Next you'll be telling me you live in a democracy & believe in civil rights! What you're doing is allowing your political ideology to determine your thinking. At your age that's a terrible mistake. What would you say if they were your friends, fighting for something you agreed with [NRA?]? That's the test of tolerance & decency: When you advocate the same rights you demand for yourself & your friends - for those you do not agree with [Libs, gays?]. Otherwise you're a simple fascist.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 Are you even a student at UC Davis?
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 WHAT? Are you simple minded? Have you totally failed to understand what's happening here and what I've said? What does it matter where I am? I own a software company based in the UK and San Francisco. I hire students from universities all over the State. But that's utterly irrelevant. They are young people who were committing no crime, exercising their First Amendment rights. I'm a former military officer. I admire their courage and self control.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 It actually does matter because I am here knowing exactly what is happening while you sit at your computer and watch you tube videos and read news articles for your information. Likewise my father was a major in the air force and i respect the military. You have your views, I have mine, I go to UC Davis not an easy school to get into so stating i'm "simple minded" is disrespectful. This conversation is over.
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 Get your facts right and you will have more credibility. I wasn't "stating" you are "simple minded", I was enquiring if you were - because the statements you were making suggested you have either a warped or no understanding of the true situation. What IS "disrespectful" is to not support your fellow students in their cause. Learn to think for yourself. The military do not deserve respect unconditionally, and neither does anyone else. Respect has to be earned - and maintained.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 I am on campus and I see everything that is going on with my own two eyes. My facts are correct and I know the situation. I agree tuition should not be raised, but that isn't what every person camping on the quad is fighting about. I agree there was police brutality. I DONT agree blaming the chancellor, she has done a lot for this University. That was the only case I was making, not tuition or police brutality initially. And yes the military does deserve respect unconditionally.
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 The military deserve respect if they protect the people.
beanfieldsteve 3 months ago
@beanfieldsteve Quite.
G58 3 months ago
@MMTank707 If that's really the case, you're allowing your political indoctrination to cloud your ability to be objective. The entire Occupy movement is about all the gross inequities in society. Tuition fees are just one part of that - the part that affects you. Chancellor Katehi IS ultimately responsible for two reasons: The police had used violence against unarmed students on UC campuses in the days before Friday 18. Chancellor Katehi was aware of this before allowing them to go into action.
G58 3 months ago
@MMTank707 OK, does the military deserve "respect unconditionally" if they kill women and children, journalists, other civilians, and their own allies? Does the military deserve "respect unconditionally" if they engage in a war on false intelligence that they and all other agencies of government KNOW is false? No-one deserves "respect unconditionally". Chancellor Katehi is a typical example. A few acts of good do not mitigate one or more acts of gross negligence. It doesn't work like that.
G58 3 months ago 2
@MMTank707 On May 4 1970, at Kent State University National Guardsmen fired on students protesting US involvement in the Vietnam war & invasion of Cambodia. 4 were killed & 9 injured, 1 permanently disabled. Many guardsmen later testified they were in fear for their lives. But of those wounded, none was closer than 71 feet to the guardsmen. Of those killed, the nearest was 265 feet away! Two of those killed were not protesting but walking from one class to the next at the time of their deaths.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 Also, students have different beliefs just like everyone else. I can represent what I want how I want. It isn't disrespectful if I don't believe what they are rallying about is right. This is just one example me thinking for myself.
MMTank707 3 months ago
@G58 The police are the ones to blame. This whole dam protest was started by the occupy movement. Getting students involved with their fight is a good strategy, however, tents on campus grounds is illegal and she ordered them removed which is appropriate. They could have happily stayed in the park downtown, but they made this into a shit show. So i am right in fact. She had no control over the students getting pepper sprayed. THE END
MMTank707 3 months ago
@MMTank707 What do you mean by "illegal"? Do you mean there is a law saying that pitching tents on campus is a criminal offence? I can absolutely assure you it is not. That's not even the argument she's making or her given reason at the time. She asked the students to leave & remove the tents for health and safety reasons. But what she really meant by that was UC Davis insurance liability. All civil matters. Nothing whatsoever to do with criminality or the police. Learn to listen.
G58 3 months ago
@G58 Whoa, you're saying I can go camping on the quad whenever I want? Didn't know that.
moritobloke 3 months ago
@moritobloke There's no criminal law preventing it!
G58 3 months ago
@G58 Can I have a cookout while I'm camping on the quad? Can I pitch 60 tents on the quad for days? I would probably need a pee bucket if I camp there overnight? Don't think the buildings would be open for me to use bathroom. What happens if other students want do ultimate frisbee on the quad while I have those tents there? Maybe not criminal law, but are there regulations that would prevent me from camping on the quad?
moritobloke 3 months ago
@moritobloke Do you want to play frisbee or do you want to change the world?
Occupy the damned buildings. Set up an alternative administration. These kids want lower tuition fees. So: Demand access to the university accounts. It's a public body. And if the cops come back and cause more violence, use the powers given to you in the Constitution, form a militia & arrest them. Demand justice. And if necessary, take them before a judge. Organize, get legal and make a difference.
G58 3 months ago
Maybe 400k is not enough ; perhaps she should get 800k then she might work in the interests of the students.
seenow22 3 months ago
Great job Ani!
Chancellor Ketehi did not give the approval for use of pepper spray. This was a judgement call of the officers and ultimately the Chief is responsible for their actions. Personally, Chancellor Ketehi has from the start stated that this should not have happened where as the Chief officer during an interview stated the officers were in their right to use Pepper Spray. Chancellor Ketehi stated that policies are guidelines & may not always be right for every situation
bicrzed 3 months ago 4
@bicrzed I agree, the police should be the ones to blame not the chancellor. As a UC Davis student I don't think the chancellor should resign at all.
MMTank707 3 months ago 5
@bicrzed "Technically speaking, the police followed protocol."
Katehi authorized their use of these protocols. She's the one to blame, not the police.
NerdARGyle999 3 months ago 2
Kudos UC Davis students. Peaceful activists are observing closely your positive unified handling of each situation that has come your way this past week. Peaceful protests across the land have one common thread, protesting Wall Street crimes that affect Main Street w/austerity measures against citizens of our once great country. It's people like college students, middle class/working poor, unemployed, children, disabled, seniors, veterans,etc who suffer while corporations/banks get tax cuts
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
@Yankhadenough They were not exactly protesting wall street...it was mostly tuition hike. But then non-students from the wallstreet came by.
kka91 3 months ago
@kka91 yes they're all protesting Wall Street whether they realize it or not. Why do you suppose their tuition went up? Because the economy is down and California has less revenue from sales tax. But at the same time stock markets have gone up and corporations/banks in CA are getting coporate tax cuts. CA Proposition 24 in 2010 was an attempt to repeal the corporate tax cuts approved by Gov Schwarzennegger, but it was voted NO by uninformed tea party voters. This is cause of high tuition hikes
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
@kka91 CA Proposition 24 would've prevented eligible corporations from receiving about $1.3 billion in tax breaks per year. But now fat cats that sit on CA corporate Boards of Shareholders are raking it in while these college kids suffer enormous tuition hikes that shut them out of the American Dream. Look at the Boards of Trustees on university boards throughout the country, many of them sit on corporate boards too. Like George Carlin used to say ",,, It's a big club and you ain't in it..,"
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
@kka91 George Carlin (RIP) was warning the American People about the 1% for decades , he called them "the owners of this country". Watch this video "George Carlin - It's a big club and you ain't in it" w w w.youtube. com/watch?v=i5dBZDSSky0
Yankhadenough 3 months ago
Racism is alive and well. Hate her actions her ethnicity should have nothing to do with it.
jomom 3 months ago 3
After seeing this I realize I may have prejudged her responses. It could be that "casual pepper spray" is ok in her country, whatever it is.
steelydrwu 3 months ago
Let us get the student interviewer to be the next chancellor. She is more poised, more graceful, and speaks English!
irajkhodadoost 3 months ago
She thought it was Greece...lol jk
guccis4real 3 months ago
She said that removing the tents were due to safety issues, but what she ordered the police to do did nothing but "harmed" the students.
misszsp 3 months ago
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Holy Christ the Chancellor looks like a reincarnated Nazi death camp guard and what's worse is she sounds like Andy Kaufman! LMAO!
MusketSniper 3 months ago
Great journalism young lady! You managed not to ask any hot button issue questions. Where was the question about budget? Where was the question about her resignation? This was a such a conformist piece. I feel like she is my 3rd grade principal and I am a silly student who does not know any better. Get real people they are just humoring us with these interviews.
gregnemet82 3 months ago 2
@kchuk It's called accountability. Something that has been largely forgotten by those in positions of power... but no worries, The People will help them remember.
zynordar 3 months ago 2
Who is supporting her to continue? Is it the UC President? Is it some from the State Legislature? What's the motivation? Is the golden parachute? Is the perks? What? I still do not get it?
myvideoreviewer 3 months ago
What does removing people's tents have to do with people's safety?! That's a bunch of BS..
carolina59271 3 months ago
you guys need to really get a grip
firing her wont change a thing
firing the cop wont change a thing
firing the police chief wont change a thing
this is the most disgusting witch hunt ive ever witnessed.
kchuk 3 months ago
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kchuk 3 months ago
Her mouth smells.
Msann1205 3 months ago
She makes me almost as angry as the original video did. I heard her take responsibility but, unless I missed something, I never heard, I AM SORRY! Is that so damned hard? I'm sorry...we screwed up...I'm sorry...but no, nothing of that. BITCH!
Suzyq2788 3 months ago
@Suzyq2788 She formally apologized at the rally today on the quad, so...
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