UC-Davis Student Describes Pepper Spray Attack on Occupy Campus Protesters

[Lars77]

Run time: 11:17 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS-RWsl7l5c   Posted on YouTube: November 21, 2011 By YouTube Member: democracynow Views on YouTube: 99   Posted on DU: November 21, 2011 By DU Member: Lars77 Views on DU: 891

 

[Plucketeer]

1. On a purely "gut level...

I'd love to see all those officers and their superiors given the same treatment. But what really needs to happen is a thorough review of what we want in the way of educated citizens for the future and what realistic ways we can get there without skewing the prospective students in the process.

[qb]

2. K&R for the students and for Democracy Now

:yourock:

[1Smart_Fellow]

3. Occupy Evictions: Has War Been Declared?

While the widespread brutality of our own government's police response has been widely seen and appreciated, recalling Kent State and 4 dead students causes one to wonder how far government violence will go.

Here's an interesting article on events... http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-Evictions-Has-War-by-Ritt-Goldstein-111119-988.html

Some excerpts...

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Appearing on Occupy Seattle's website, part of an essay by the Reverend Rich Lang described the Reverend's own experiences at a 15 November Occupy Seattle protest, noting: "The police were once conceived to be a citizen force created to serve and protect the public. Today however, the police have been militarized and view the populace as enemy combatants...alone in full alb, stole and cross --- six officers turned their (pepper) spray on me thoroughly soaking my alb, and then one officer hit me full throttle in the face."
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It's increasingly obvious to all that the raids upon Occupy's encampments were pursued upon the basis of manufactured pretexts, with the genuine aim being to strike another blow against Occupy, against 'we, the people', while using 'public safety' as a sorry 'fig leaf' to do so.
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The meaning of 'public safety' in the US does seem to have taken on some decidedly 'Orwellian' connotations of late, as has the US police credo of 'to protect and serve'. The good news is that what our government and its police have become is now revealed, and revealed in a way that all but the blind can see it.