Damning Video Tape that Shows That the UC Davis Police Chief Lied About Pepper Spraying

[kpete]

Run time: 04:18 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ePH-1B2-gc   Posted on YouTube: November 19, 2011 By YouTube Member: iamtoddkaiser Views on YouTube: 25069   Posted on DU: November 21, 2011 By DU Member: kpete Views on DU: 10898

 
In an initial attempt to justify the horrific and sadistically carried out pepper spraying of seated, non-violent protesters at the University of California Davis, the chief of the university of police claimed that the students had trapped the cops:" “Officers were forced to use pepper spray when students surrounded them”, said UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza. “There was no way out of the circle”.

But quickly available videos showed that Police Chief Annette Spicuzza either authorized the use of massive amounts of toxic and torturous chemicals on nonviolent, peaceful advocates based on faulty information or she lied. Since the videos show how egregiously incorrect Police Chief Spicuzza was, one can readily speculate the latter.

Indeed, in this particular video -- one of many -- the police appear to surround the group of passively sitting students. In fact, the main police officer who pepper sprayed the students as though he were cleaning his car stepped over them in order to ensure he could inflict the most pain by dousing them in their faces. Meanwhile other officers mingled around on both sides of the victims of the police chemical attack.

Perhaps the truth telling of the modern instant Internet video posting age is the reason that Police Chief Spicuzza has been "temporarily" put on paid leave.

http://blog.buzzflash.com/node/13163

[Stuart G]

1. K and R thanks for posting..nt

[BanzaiBonnie]

2. Until we can help these sick brothers and sisters (police) find their hearts

they will continue to inflict pain and injury on those who they are supposed to be protecting. There must be some who will finally be willing to say NO. No more.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. I'll bet most of the cops that did this are really teabaggers at heart!

Same Nazi type assholes...

[russspeakeasy]

5. This "profession" attracts them...like prison guards.

[timefortherevolution]

11. Read that book by Frankl who described the different types of prison camp guards.

It's clear what type of rent-a-cop this guy is.

Psychopathic.

[unblock]

3. what's with this "paid leave" crap. who do i have to pepper-spray to get me some of that?

[truth2power]

7. That angers me almost as much as the pepper spray incident. Paid leave...

Let's see...sleep-in, be a couch potato, collect check. What's not to like??

Eventually, the next atrocity will push this off the front page and they can go back to business as usual.

[W T F]

6. Administrative Leave = free paid vacation at tax payer's expense.

[truth2power]

8. He STEPPED OVER the students. GD liar. n/t

[Bjorn Against]

9. Demand criminal charges!

It is a CRIME to violently attack peaceful protesters, it is time these criminal cops are held accountable when they break the law they are sworn to uphold.

[marions ghost]

10. I just saw the video on Hardball

unbelievable!!!

:nuke: :mad: :nuke:

[Irishonly]

12. Thanks for posting

I am so mad I am crying.

[zentrum]

13. KATEHI'S CONTACT INFORMATION

http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/contact.php

That url will take you to a page with her internal email.

BE POLITE to honor the non-violent bravery of the UCDavis students both then and now.

[haydukelives]

15. just sent her a message

"Shame on you, please resign"

I said please

[zentrum]

32. Nicely done!

Tell your friends to do it too. Please.

[Atypical Liberal]

23. Done. n/t

[Hepburn]

37. Polite message sent. n/t

[emsimon33]

48. Polite message sent

Urged resignation since I am a California tax payer.

[archiemo]

14. K & R

[hourglass1]

16. They too will need our help soon ... blind fools

[Beavker]

43. Yep, as soon as the Tea Party systematically cuts all

public employee jobs and benefits, this dude will be standing right next to one of these kids trying to get foodstamps.

It's not EXACTLY the same, but how far off is this shit to being Egypt? Our leader is letting it happen instead of instructing it to happen. Sadly, the people that could stop it were 'elected' officials. This democracy is broken big time.

I know people on FB that are helping it happen sadly. They just can't find it in their closed off hearts and minds to side with people that are trying to make a statement that they can't do otherwise in today's Citizen's United country we live in now.

[Zenlitened]

17. UC Davis Police Chief: "We totally suck at this job."

We moved into campus territory well-known to us, with clear sight-lines and communications, yet we still managed to get ourselves surrounded and cut off from any avenue of retreat or re-deployment.

Yeah, we're idiots. We're totally incompetent, and there's no way we should be trusted with police badges.

I mean, c'mon... seriously. Kids playing "army" in the backyard have more tactical skills and situational awareness than we do.

We just totally suck at this, we really do.

Really? That's the story you want to stick with, Chief?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[hulka38]

29. It is because he'd much rather appear incompetent and under threat

than in control and purposely sadistic. He's trying to shield himself from liability.

[saras]

33. So sucking is a legitimate excuse for torture? That's good to know - I can use that in my next job

[Zenlitened]

46. Right? How far would that get us: "I'm not an asshole, I'm an idiot. Please like me!"

:rofl:

[hulka38]

51. I personally don't think it is legitimate.

I think she's using it because it's the best defense she has.

[Zenlitened]

45. Re "He's trying to shield himself from liability" - no question about it.

But the excuses they reach for only further illustrate how weak, scared and desperate they are.

[Wanet]

47. Just for the record, the police chief is a woman

Her name is Annette Spicuzza.

[xxqqqzme]

49. Police Chief Annette Spicuzza

nt

[blackspade]

18. Scumbags.

[JJW]

19. Who would Jesus pepper spray?

[PatrynXX]

20. Think the cops in 2 months

have found about 900 + ways to provoke a riot, not prevent one. How there hasn't been a riot shows how much restraint there are. I'm guessing the folks provoking a riot are a bit bewildered. See I need this big fucking XXXL or larger black tshirt with 99 % on it. okay skip the dandrif but more I see that more I might were it or order it.

[Atypical Liberal]

24. "How there hasn't been a riot shows how much restraint there are. "

How there hasn't been a riot shows how much restraint there are.

Amen.

I'm astounded that those police officers were not stormed and pounded into goo.

[Sanity Claws]

21. Isn't lying in the course of an official investigation a felony?

That was what Martha Stewart was charged with.
Why shouldn't this police officer be charged with the same offense? Fucking cowardly liar.

[Bette Noir]

27. Why shouldn't he be charged with 11 counts of assault and battery,

+ whatever "under color of authority" mishigoss to make it more serious. He needs to do hard time, for a long time.

[Atypical Liberal]

22. I can't see peace in this much longer.

I'm sorry, but as I watch this stuff I just can't think "peace" right now.

What I think is that the people, who outnumbered the police easily, should have rushed those bastards and pummeled them into juice.

This is despicable. A few police officers are going to get some paid vacation and nothing else will come of this.

How much longer will this go on? How much longer will The People accept this passively?

This makes me angry. It makes me lust to see violent justice. It may be wrong, but there it is.

[Bette Noir]

28. If the students had fought back, they would have been killed.

[Atypical Liberal]

31. True enough.

It has happened to many a righteous revolutionary over the years.

[RueVoltaire]

25. Another Emperor Wears No Clothes Moment on CNN:

Interview with Eric Lee, member of the International Students for Social Equality at UC Davis:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEOZXs6NqtM

[mwooldri]

35. Interesting comments by Eric. Time to contact Jose Barroso (Pres of Euro Commission) ???

Or even individual EU governments?

Events like what happened at UC Davis makes living in Cuba or DPRK more appealing. Not a lot more, but just more.

[ooglymoogly]

26. For those who have not figured it out yet

This is der homeland zecurity in action...they have militarized police forces around the country including campus police giving them billions in weapons and military training to keep the masses under their thumb. Developing new weapons and methods for gestapo like crowd control. We have been in the beginning throws of fascism for decades.

[janet118]

30. I support the right to bear video cameras . . . n/t

[FLSurfer]

34. The optimist in me keeps waiting

for one of these police officers, just one of these sadistic bastards, to throw down their riot gear and walk away.
I watch video after video and it never happens. What the fuck is wrong with these people.

[rhett o rick]

38. They are praying for the protestors to become violent so they can justify their sadistic side. nm

[notadmblnd]

52. They're afraid.

I think they are afraid that they will become one of us. They're scared shitless, because deep down they know their number is going to come up one day too.

[SkyDaddy7]

36. This changes NOTHING!!!!!!!!!

All this video or any video of police misconduct does is earn them several days paid vacation until the situation blows over.

Yeah, I hope I am wrong but to date that has not been the case...Cops do not get fired for being sadistic assholes, period! Cops can do ANYTHING they want to people & there is nothing that can be done to change that until this country gets out of this Right Wing way of thinking that cops do no wrong. And to do this the media has to stop worrying about losing access to the daily murder count in which they use for ratings, all of the cop shows on TV that portray cops as tough good guys that never do anything wrong & get such high ratings are gone & more & more videos of cops acting how cops act make it into the media. Until ALL 3 happen NOTHING will change! That is REALITY!!

[Enthusiast]

39. This attack on the protesters is symbolic of

the loss of democracy that we are experiencing in our nation. Those involved in this attack should truly be ashamed of themselves.

[jwirr]

40. And then they tried to say they were surrounded. Lying bastards.

[Chorophyll]

41. Speechless.

Thanks for posting; I hadn't actually seen the video until today.

[Beavker]

42. What PIG

You know this guy is getting off on his vulgar display of power. He loves it.

[DaveJ]

44. This is further evidence humans appear to be evolving into different species

I can't stop thinking about how humans seem to be evolving into two species like the Eloi and Morlocks in the book The Time Machine.

As hideous as this is to watch, grotesque, stomach turning, these young intelligent Americans, possibly future leaders, are doing us a service in pointing out the disparity that exists in the character of human beings. There are still some people, or more accurately, perhaps, Morlocks, who believe this type of behavior is normal.

This goes beyond politics, it's more at the root of our DNA. In reality, I know these Morlocks are simply Fascists. But there is some core element that prevents them from having traits like that of normal people.

[LibDemAlways]

50. That sadistic bastard was getting his jollies using that

pepper spray. No better than the bastards who used fire hoses on the Civil Rights marchers decades ago.

He along with all of the other cops who looked on, the chief of university police, and the chancellor should all be held accountable and fired. A public university is a setting where freedom of speech and the right to peacefully assemble should be a given.

[L. Coyote]

53. Too disturbing to watch again, and yet they can do this with impunity. That's just not human.