November 19, 2011
oceanicsteam: Here you see police offer John Pikes nonchalantly pepper spraying the fuck out of everyone at UC Davis. If you’d like to contact him about his being a vile human being, here is his information 530-752-3989 japikeiii@ucdavis.eduOf the people this guy attacked, one guy can’t feel his left hand and had some serious nerve damage, one girl with asthma who is in critical condition because of the pepper spray, and the guy who had the spray directed into his lungs is less than super cool right now. Remember when our government threatened sanctions and diplomatic actions against police doing this against campers in Tahrir Square in Egypt? lmao. Also before anyone launches claims about the picture being out of context, here are videos showing the fact the protesters were already very much immobilized on the ground, officer Pike even stepping over them at one point before going sadistic on themhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wuWEx6Cfn-Ihttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4 But no fuck this shit. Remember yesterday when a judge in Oakland ruled an injunction against the police isn’t relevant because there wasn’t a proven systematic abuse of power. Apparently turning Oakland into a war zone, then shooting a veteran in the head and almost killing him, then beating another veteran so bad his spleen ruptured, then causing severe damage to numerous people who weren’t veteran enough to get news stories(also remember when the OPD shot a man in the head who was handcuffed on the ground by “accident” the other year lmao) isn’t a systematic abuse of power. If you support the movement and don’t go anywhere because you live in bumfuck Idaho that’s one thing, but if you do and don’t go to a protest, especially if its because you’re afraid of the police, then you know something, fuck you, because it means in your case the police have already won, and not only have they won but you’re asking other people to do your bidding. *edit*Here’s a bonus for all you law and order types, a previous ruling from the 9th Circuit Court which California is underIn relation to the UC-Davis pepper-spraying, here is a useful Ninth Circuit case (the Fourth Amendment only allows police to use force in making an arrest that is “objectively reasonable under the circumstances”): HEADWATERS FOREST DEFENSE v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT posted: Characterizing the protestors’ activities as “active resistance” is contrary to the facts of the case, viewing them, as we must, in the light most favorable to the protestors:  the protestors were sitting peacefully, were easily moved by the police, and did not threaten or harm the officers. In sum, it would be clear to a reasonable officer that it was excessive to use pepper spray against the nonviolent protestors under these circumstances. http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1332957.html Occupy Earth Now: These Cops are making asses of themselves….. Related articles #UCDavis Student: Pepper-spraying Officer Ordered ‘Stop. No. I Want to Spray These Kids.’ (crooksandliars.com) Boing Boing Interviews Pepper-Sprayed UC Davis Student (sfist.com) So Unbelievably Horrible And Wrong: Police Officer Pepper-Sprays Non-Violent Occupy UC Davis Protestors. (perezhilton.com) Eyewitness account of pepper-spraying officer from UC Davis student: “Stop. No. I want to spray these kids.” (boingboing.net) Outcry over ‘chilling’ campus pepper spray use - Americas - World - The Independent (worldwright.wordpress.com) One day after pepper-spraying, UC Davis students silently, peacefully confront Chancellor Katehi (boingboing.net) UC Davis: Passive Protesters Pepper Sprayed While Sitting Down (VIDEO) (blippitt.com) UC Davis Students’ Eerie, Powerful Protest Against Pepper-Spray Chancellor [Video] (gawker.com) UC Davis Pepper Spraying: Protesters Call for Chancellor’s Resignation (abcnews.go.com) Interview with pepper-sprayed UC Davis student: officer told peaceful protestors, “Move or we’re going to shoot you!” then “I’m gonna spray these kids down” (boingboing.net)

oceanicsteam:

Here you see police offer John Pikes nonchalantly pepper spraying the fuck out of everyone at UC Davis. If you’d like to contact him about his being a vile human being, here is his information

530-752-3989 japikeiii@ucdavis.edu

Of the people this guy attacked, one guy can’t feel his left hand and had some serious nerve damage, one girl with asthma who is in critical condition because of the pepper spray, and the guy who had the spray directed into his lungs is less than super cool right now. Remember when our government threatened sanctions and diplomatic actions against police doing this against campers in Tahrir Square in Egypt? lmao. Also before anyone launches claims about the picture being out of context, here are videos showing the fact the protesters were already very much immobilized on the ground, officer Pike even stepping over them at one point before going sadistic on them
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wuWEx6Cfn-I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AdDLhPwpp4

But no fuck this shit. Remember yesterday when a judge in Oakland ruled an injunction against the police isn’t relevant because there wasn’t a proven systematic abuse of power. Apparently turning Oakland into a war zone, then shooting a veteran in the head and almost killing him, then beating another veteran so bad his spleen ruptured, then causing severe damage to numerous people who weren’t veteran enough to get news stories(also remember when the OPD shot a man in the head who was handcuffed on the ground by “accident” the other year lmao) isn’t a systematic abuse of power. If you support the movement and don’t go anywhere because you live in bumfuck Idaho that’s one thing, but if you do and don’t go to a protest, especially if its because you’re afraid of the police, then you know something, fuck you, because it means in your case the police have already won, and not only have they won but you’re asking other people to do your bidding.

*edit*
Here’s a bonus for all you law and order types, a previous ruling from the 9th Circuit Court which California is under
In relation to the UC-Davis pepper-spraying, here is a useful Ninth Circuit case (the Fourth Amendment only allows police to use force in making an arrest that is “objectively reasonable under the circumstances”):

HEADWATERS FOREST DEFENSE v. COUNTY OF HUMBOLDT posted:

Characterizing the protestors’ activities as “active resistance” is contrary to the facts of the case, viewing them, as we must, in the light most favorable to the protestors:  the protestors were sitting peacefully, were easily moved by the police, and did not threaten or harm the officers. In sum, it would be clear to a reasonable officer that it was excessive to use pepper spray against the nonviolent protestors under these circumstances.


http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1332957.html

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