UC Davis pepper-spraying cop gets $38K for disability claim

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Source: KXTV (ABC 10 Sacramento)

DAVIS, CA - Former UC Davis police Lt. John Pike has been awarded $38,056 for psychiatric injuries he claimed to have suffered following a 2011 campus pepper-spraying incident that drew worldwide criticism.

The university paid out a total of $1 million to 21 activists who Pike doused with pepper spray as they sat in peaceful protest in the university quad.

Pike, who was later fired, filed a workers' compensation claim saying he suffered depression and anxiety over the way he was treated in the wake of the incident.

A psychiatrist, who was agreed upon as an expert by both UC Davis and Pike's attorney, found Pike suffers from a "moderate" disability and is therefore entitled to workers' compensation benefits.

Read more: http://www.news10.net/news/local/article/261524/2/UC-Davis-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-38K-for-disability-claim

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See also:
Sacramento Bee: UCD pays $38,055 to pepper-spray officer over damaged ‘psyche’

San Francisco Chronicle: UC Davis pepper-spray officer awarded $38,000

[KansDem]

1. ???

[Warren Stupidity]

2. I see. So him torturing people caused him serious psychological damage. Got it. Poor baby.

I hope that 38K lasts him a very long time. That is serious fuck you money. He could live like a king in somalia for at least a month on that haul.

Oh and Orificer Pike: Fuck You.

[marble falls]

3. Sca-rewed up as anything I've heard about today.

[radhika]

4. Sprayed students should sue HIM - for 10x $38,000 n/t

[Earth_First]

5. Oh, FFS!

If I had disposable income, I'd hire a private investigator to tail this scumbag to his local watering hole to gather evidence of this guy bragging about his exploits against both these students and the college.

I guarantee you on more than one occasion, Pike has related this story to fellow law enforcement buddies with a fondness of his actions...

What a scam.

[pitbullgirl1965]

19. Hell yes. Porky pig jerk off.

The way he flourished that can. Why do left wing protesters get the beat down vs the right wing?

[heaven05]

6. WTF!

geez

[bobalew]

7. Perhaps he should get a dose of pepper spray himself, so he can JUSTIFY

his supposed psychiatric disability.
Also , I didn't know being an unfeeling A**h*le was a disability, in the first place.
Wow that opens up a new whole big kettle of smelly fish.....

[bluesbassman]

8. The way HE was treated??? WTF?!!!

He's lucky he wasn't tarred, feathered, and then sent on a nice vacation to Pelican Bay.

And they say the Governator "fixed" Worker's Comp.

[DaveJ]

9. His lawyer probably keeps half leaving him with a cool $19k.

Anyway, I'm glad he is now known to be litigious, in addition to being fired, and being a warped bully. Should make it even harder to find a decent job.

[Auggie]

11. +1

[Mojo Electro]

34. I hope so.

Unfortunately there are places in this country where people like him will fit right in.

[tularetom]

10. That's probably less than the legal fees they would have incurred

to defend against the claim he filed if it had gone to court.

It was a high profile incident and you have to believe that there's more than one scumbag lawyer who would gladly take it on contingency just for the publicity he would receive. So I'm sure they weighed the advantages of a settlement against a protracted legal proceeding and decided just to pay him off as the lesser of two evils.

[silvershadow]

12. What happened? Did he spray himself in the face or something?

[secondvariety]

13. I'd pay

him in Confederate money. Or 38k worth of sand.

[SammyWinstonJack]

14. ...

[KurtNYC]

15. So he acted within the policies and guidelines of his employer? or as ordered by his supervisor?

Or is the awarding on such a claim made without any judgement about whether the "injured" employee was, in effect, following orders or way out of bounds?

[cui bono]

16. WTF??? He brought that on himself that stupic ruthless fuck.

I want my percentage of tax dollars that paid for that back!!!

He's disabled because of the way he was treated by whom? If it's worker's comp it has to be the way he was treated at work. So what happened? And how do you get worker's comp when you can't even perform your job properly to the tune of a $1mn dollar payout due to your incompetent behavior?

I know he got lambasted on the internet, but that's his personal problem.

[thefool_wa]

28. I want my percentage of tax dollars that paid for that back!!!

LOL - I'll send you a penny, and I want my change!

(totally just ribbing on you - the UC cop is a total tool)

[cui bono]

29. Hey, it might be a lucky penny!

I really don't believe that he deserves 80% of what each of those protesters got.

Okay, I originally mistakenly divided a million by 12, but now after dividing it by 21 and seeing how much he got compared to them I'm truly sickened.

[rocktivity]

17. I guess "Sergeant Pepper Spray" will be suing these people for "psychological damage," too

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[pitbullgirl1965]

20. Those are great! I haven't seen those yet.

The Legos one omg lol

[awoke_in_2003]

26. See...

he turned Tebow into the epitome of "suck"

[cui bono]

30. I was looking for thos Amazon reviews the other day and couldn't find them.

I don't know what brand pepper spray they were under but they were hilarious!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

18. In the words of my Marine Corps

boot camp Drill Instructor- ' You gotta be motherfuckin' shittin me asshole'
or words to that effect
Un fucking believable......... who caused the situation that led to the treatment? He did!

[indepat]

21. Poor baby. I wonder if he suffered half as much as any of the 21 students

[tomm2thumbs]

22. but who will save his soul?

that's gonna be the expensive one

[bluesbassman]

24. Walmart is running a Price Rollback on fascist souls. He can get one on the cheap.

All the good it'll do him where he's going.

[noiretextatique]

23. fraud

where are are the people who bitch about welfare fraud?

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. Next up: Hitler's ghost sues from The Other Side for the hurt caused by Downfall parodies

We must careful to not hurt the delicate fee-fees of criminal assailants with public shame.

[JimboBillyBubbaBob]

27. This turd isn't worth 38 cents!

We already knew he was psycho!

[NealK]

31. What an asshole.

[tabasco]

32. Scamming asshole.

I wouldn't give that fucker a dime.

[SoapBox]

36. Scammer...like the guy that pushed over the rock.

[Conium]

33. Psychiatric injuries are believable.

Maybe now, Psycho Cop will get the help he needs.

[SoapBox]

35. Outrageous.

[Javaman]

37. Paying off people to be jerks.

ah yes, that's America. Little pink houses and all that BS.

[jsr]

39. +1.

[shanti]

38. unbelievable...

he should have been in jail.

[WilliamPitt]

40. If someone were to eat a bunch of poop

If someone were to eat a bunch of poop, poop that poop out, eat that re-pooped poop, poop it all out again, put the re-re-pooped poop in a brown paper bag, place that bag on this guy's porch, light it on fire, ring the doorbell and then run away, I'd say that person had gone too far.

But still. Fuck this guy.

[malthaussen]

41. I was wondering how this was going to go.

Only in America, I swear.

-- Mal