[Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened

[Bill London]

Are you seriously saying the cops were at risk from a bunch of skinny 
sophomores with backpacks full of books?
why didn't the cops just start hauling the students away?
sorry, but there just is no justification for the pepper spray to a passive 
non-violent group of people sitting on the ground
BL

-----Original Message----- 
From: Jay Borden
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 1:40 PM
To: london at moscow.com
Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened

I see it much differently.

At every step of the way, the protesters had control.

When the protesters follow and SURROUND the police officers, and begin 
chanting 'if you let them go we'll let you leave' it paints a much different 
picture.

Jay


-----Original Message-----
From: Bill London [london at moscow.com]
Received: Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 1:27pm
To: Jay Borden [jborden at datawedge.com]
CC: vision2020 [vision2020 at moscow.com]
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened


The Davis police lost the PR battle for a good reason.
As this video makes clear, the protestors did not ONCE respond with violence 
(no rocks thrown, etc).
The cops had a force large enough to clear those 20 students away—and the 
cops were obviously in no real danger.
The pepper spray was a vicious and unnecessary attack, reminding me of the 
firehoses and attack dogs used in the South against the civil rights 
marchers
BL

From: Jay Borden <mailto:jborden at datawedge.com>
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:55 PM
To: Moscow Vision 2020 <mailto:vision2020 at moscow.com>
Subject: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened


The original video has long since gone viral… and thus the police and the 
Chancellor have already lost the PR battle.



But here is a YouTube video showing the precursor for the UC Davis “occupy” 
debacle.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPdH3wE0_Y&feature=share





Jay



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