Inside the Confrontation with Police At UC Davis

UC Davis Students clashed with police officers as they protested UC wide cuts and fee hikes as part of the UC Day of Protests. The students negotiate with the police, get shelled with pepper spray, and then march around Shields Library.

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[CryptoDriver]

Decades of liberal policies finally coming home to roost. You granola munching, dope smoking red diaper doper babies finally are reaping the whirlwind. How is that Hopey Changey thing working out?

[DougPaulDavis]

The culmination of the Bush era depression.

[DougPaulDavis]

That's why I actually posted that part, I thought it was hilarious.

[mrbrunelle]

It's a free country, so when people are protesting an important thing like massive fee increases, I say: Let the homework wait and join the march for freedom! It doesn't have to be violent: But exercise your free speech while you have it! Those starbuck-sheep better wake up and realize their Hard Slaved income will EVAPORATE INTO VAPOR in no time with this criminal leadership as Shwarzenegger carbon taxes our asses.

[SexyPianist89]

The police were being terrorists taking thier hostage

[preacherman86]

@FoxeoGames ...(continued from last post) WITH THEIR HEADS BOWED AND WHO POSED NO THREAT WHATSOEVER TO ANYONE NOR GAVE ANY INDICATION THAT THEY WOULD is completely different, and was unnecessary, irresponsible, and downright sadistic. Unlike the incident my previous comment was about, this IS police brutality, and I will be at the U.C. Davis quad tomorrow to add my voice to the countless others expressing their outrage. Peace.

[preacherman86]

@FoxeoGames Thanks for the kind words, but just so you know, my stance toward the student protests has shifted considerably. It was one thing back when kids were blocking off freeway entrances (what if an ambulance needed to get through?) and marching toward the police while shouting obscenities at them. The recent instance of a police officer excessively pepper spraying peaceful student protesters who were SITTING ON THE GROUND...

[FoxeoGames]

@preacherman86 You hit the nail on the head. These are spoiled kids whose mommies and daddies pay for their college tuition anyway. They just want to "fight the system." They don't know what the system is, or how to fight it, so they just basically riot and call it a "peaceful protest."

They are surely and simply nothing more than idiots.

[FoxeoGames]

These large groups like this almost always lead to lawlessness. They look virtually identical to riots. They're basically violating the law and they think that because they believe they have a "valid reason," that it's OK for them. Then, when they get sprayed & arrested, they whine about injustice, brutality, or America being a "police state."

Wow. Americans are so spoiled.

[ethan19942012]

I remember watching this on the news and thinking how idiotic these people were. There fees were hiked. Sure, that's something to be upset about, and sure, they had the right to protest. However GOING ON THE FREEWAY IS IDIOTIC. The Police and Highway Patrol had every right to do what they did. I think they should have done more. There were some minor cuts and bruises. These students want to complain about police brutality.  They need to wake up and realize they got off EASY!!!!! idiots.

[rdmc3122]

Their tuition is still relatively cheap compared to other institutions across the country...

[preacherman86]

@CryptoDriver You, sir, are an exquisitely massive wanker =).

[preacherman86]

@webdork69 No, it's not. That's why the police use pepperball guns instead of the real thing now. I'd respect the protestors a lot more if they stopped acting like oppressed victims and owned up to the fact that they were breaking the law and causing a massive disturbance. You want police brutality, look at the Oscar Grant shooting in Oakland. This is NOT brutality. This is a bunch of spoiled rich kids who think they can get away with anything being shown that they can't.

[preacherman86]

@SexyPianist89 CryptoDriver's a complete wanker though. I'll give you that.

[preacherman86]

@SexyPianist89 I said "try to intimidate." I don't think they actually pulled it off, but it was a nice effort. And yeah, the police were the ones doing the actual intimidating. That is their job after all. And I wouldn't say "without hesitation." They told the students to stop marching towards them first. The beauty of less lethal weaponry is that all these irresponsible, self-entitled suburban anarchists got to go home in one piece at the end of the day and finish their degrees.