Police Violence at UC Riverside Regents' Meeting

On January 19, 2012, the regents of the University of California had their quarterly meeting at UC Riverside. 400 students and workers demonstrated the Regents and demanded a reversal to the privatization of the university, tuition hikes, and budget cuts, and the increasing structural inequalities at the University of California. Demonstrators demanded that the regents, who were in a closed meeting, listen to them but they were met with violence from the police and deputy sheriff's department. Several students were jabbed with batons and paint ball pellets were fired into the crowd.

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[diggitydogg76]

We are now in 2012, not 2011! Unless that was from a year ago and old news.

[alborz101]

thanks, corrected it!

[Xander Weaver-Scull]

small note: not to be nitpicky, but you wrote "On January 19, 2011". it's now 2012.

[alborz101]

thank you, it is correct now.

[Joe Motor]

We have the right to demonstrate...God damn it !

[PsuWorm]

BAHAHAHA "intimidating" the police. the antonym of peace given by webster's dictionary is "war". last time i checked, bullets hurt more then words.. This is how social reform is achieved. proof? grab your closest U.S. History book...from highschool. problem solved, problem staying solved, rangers lead the way. (AFT)

[MsSumscaler]

Its interesting watching the officers face as as hit me for holding a sign. I'm not mad at him, but I thought the situation was poorly handled. Growing up in a college town, I would never expect this kind of response from the University and local police. My hometown is much crazier than this and it makes me sad that our community had little criticism for the coordination between the University and Police. The Regents chose our campus b/c it was an "unorganized non-political commuter school".

[downloadgoblin]

Madness and stupidity. Sure America has problems, every nation has problems, ours are usually not as bad.

[David Viero]

Yeah go cops!!!! That's dumb my mom works there and she was behind the police barricade and she couldn't even get lunch because you guys are shitting around and looking for trouble to make.

[leerogersucla]

according to their own words....you're the tool....are you gonna like be a millionaire someday or something? wish you b.o.b. so tyler would....nevermind

[utubenoob78]

Why they protesting this... Should be protesting California Dream Act......

CA Dream Act = Higher Tuition and More difficult getting into classes!!!

[ihaveacar]

Running for their lives? Fucking tool.

[leerogersucla]

yeah...the way everyone was screaming and running for their lives, great. are you a fucking narc?

[jse07]

protest is dumb

it means you have already accepted the system as it is

revolt instead and kill those nazi pigs and take back whats your's

or remain slaves for ev0r meh