UC Davis police officers should NOT have pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters back in November of last year, according to a University of California investigative panel. In a report that was just sent to Blippitt, the UC task force ruled that the demonstration did NOT require the use of pepper spray and that the pepper spray had [...]

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Those two UC Davis campus police officers who practically emptied a canister of pepper spray on passive, seated protesters have been placed on paid administrative leave, university officials announced today. Yesterday’s video showing an officer pepper-spraying a group of student protesters who were huddled on the ground has gone viral, eliciting outrage and calls for [...]

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Here’s another fine moment for those who’ve pledged to “serve and protect,” as police at the University of California – Davis pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters who were peacefully sitting passively on a sidewalk. As seen in the video above, one on-looker seems to know what’s coming and warns the protesters to protect themselves and close their [...]

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A woman from northeastern Pennsylvania begins her trial today on charges of piercing the bodies of three stray cats so that she could sell them online as “Gothic Kittens”. Holly Crawford, 35, of Ross Township, PA stands accused of cruelty to animals and criminal conspiracy. Crawford’s home, located just outside of Wilkes-Barre, was raided in [...]

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