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[Not an attempt to stir the pot, especially the day before Turkey Day...] but, what do you think the appropriate "measured" response should have been

Posted by Stephen (aka Sceire) Nov 23 '11, 12:01

from the UC Davis police?

I was talking to my boss about this earlier (he was at Berkeley during the "Free Speech Movement" and took part in countless protests)and he said they should have tried to remove the students (picking them up out of line and handcuffing them) and not used pepper spray, or done nothing.

I'm not sure doing nothing, considering they were seen (several times) refusing a lawful order to unblock the sidewalk is the right answer.

I'm also not sure you don't have the same outrage, not to mention the possibility of injuries to both the officers and protesters, if you try to forcefully remove the protesters from the sidewalk (it looked like before the spray was let loose two offers attempted to do that, and the female resisted).

So like I said, i'm truly not trying to stir the pot here, i'm really trying to wrap my head around this situation, a situation where the pepper spray is wrong to so many, but the "response" i'm hearing from so many people up here of "do nothing," doesn't seem right to me either.

Responses:

Clearly, he should have tasered them or even shot them. -- nm - Spawn Nov 23, 12:07 10
- rubber bullets are just small phallic sex toys, essentially. -- nm - Mel Profit Nov 23, 12:09 6
  - Mel is having a good humor day. - TFox Nov 23, 12:16 3
    - that Foxbot is going to live in infamy. She'll never live it down. - Mel Profit Nov 23, 12:20
    - The defending Almost Famous puts it into the Crazy Mel realm, but agreed. -- nm - Spawn Nov 23, 12:17 1
      - Perfection needs no defense. -- nm - David Nov 23, 12:20
  - Small phallic *safe* sex toys, at that. -- nm - Spawn Nov 23, 12:10
  - YOMANK -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 12:09
- taser if they all have their arms locked. Would have taken the whole lot out at once. -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 12:08 2
  - If the thing had enough power, that would be awesome. - Spawn Nov 23, 12:09 1
    - Let me check my office. -- nm - Prof. N.Tesla IV Nov 23, 12:13
/puts hand over mouth - "hey, is that Dave Matthews over there" - watch crowd disperse -- nm - Dr.Vermin, security Nov 23, 12:07
be a man and haul them up by the pits like has been done forever. - Mel Profit Nov 23, 12:06
Do Nothing is an infinitely better solution than Pepper Spray Innocents. -- nm - David Nov 23, 12:06
1) Arrest them if they are performing an illegal action. That's the consequence of civil disobedience. - Will Hunting Nov 23, 12:05
I'm not sure I think pepper spray would ever be an appropriate response over a tent. - TFox Nov 23, 12:04 2
- but what about the rights of the tents?! -- nm - Beaker Nov 23, 12:04 1
  - And what carbs should one take with their serving of spices & hippy?! -- nm - Lurrr of Omicron Perseii 8 si Nov 23, 12:05
Well, I don't have a full answer, but I will say this ... the pepper spray was not used according to specifications. It was ejected too close to them. - Beryllium Nov 23, 12:03
why isn't doing precisely nothing an option? - znufrii Nov 23, 12:03 2
- And they still have the right to peaceful assembly. -- nm - the liioulu Nov 23, 12:10 1
  - didn't you get the memo? if they're linking arms, it's not peaceful. -- nm - znufrii Nov 23, 12:12

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