HuffPo: UC Davis Police Pepper-Spray Seated Students In Occupy Dispute (VIDEO) (UPDATES)

[Mr. Sinister]

Trolling? I have been here longer than u???

Do you even know what "trolling" means?

[capitolpunishment]

fishing with more than one hook?

[Dan T.]

Isn't the procedure for such protests that the police simply move in and carry off the passive protesters? I've seen that arrest scenario countless times in DC and elsewhere over the years. There was no need that I saw for the pepper spray in that situation.

[Bang]

Trolling? I have been here longer than u???

And amazingly, you haven't grown up yet.
I know you think you're being clever, but you come off as intellectually and emotionally stunted.
Hardly surprising, given your usual contribution.

~Bang

[Mr. Sinister]

I sort of lol'd at the "Get ur ass kicked kicked!" portion of his post, since most people who say that haven't kicked an ass in their lives, and normally make a career out of shoving nerds in lockers back in high school.

[Jumbo]

I would love to have sprayed those LOSERS ! Occupy a job!

If you have to ask why....your eyes should be burning.

the fact that ur name is visionary is funny!

ur right im sorry?

u dont get it? go away and get a job LOSER! or get ur ASS kicked.

Trolling? I have been here longer than u???

fishing with more than one hook?

Yes. Trolling. But I noticed in your user notes that the last time you got a month ban, I wrote a suggestion that the next time you "even sneezed" you'd be punted for good. This was quite the sneeze. Gesundheit ban-dershoot!

Usually I'm a little sorry when I boot someone who's been around as long as you, but as I became familiar with your posting history the last time you were banned, I felt only chagrin we hadn't noticed what a frequent dick you were before. Adios, assholio. Now you have more free time to look for that extra job you might need in the future.

Boy, I tell ya, musta done at least a dozen temp bans in the stadium today in the spirit of B2A. The hammer's getting battered.

[thebluefood]

But, Jumbo, what will we do without his insightful analysis in current affairs? He's like ES' David Brooks.

[Jumbo]

But, Jumbo, what will we do without his insightful analysis in current affairs? He's like ES' David Brooks.

I eventually learned to not to give a rat's ass being concerned "for the board" about anyone I ever ban, because the truth is that no matter how you or anyone else (or any number of "anyones") views that member, almost no one (and rarely more than one) really cares after a day or three.

In a case like this, however, the most common reaction among those who notice at all is a little celebration.

I haven't even read or explored the topic and the other posts, really, but the thread will be a fond event for me as the area where we jettisoned another piece of rotting flotsam.

[LadySkinsFan]

What's missing from this thread is what were they actually protesting.

As to LadySkinsFan, nobody was there with get out of vietnam signs

I mean it was a bunch of knucklehead college students chanting nonsense and ignoring the request to move.

Can't say that pepper spray was the right thing, but if you want to protest nothing but chanting silliness at the police, well then be prepared for the consequences.

It's more than obeying authority, it's having a reason behind your protest, of which I can't see in any of the videos. Just a bunch of spoiled rich kids looking to be part of a party.

Could it be that they are protesting the takeover of our government by corporatists? Ya know, the 1%ers?

Spoiled rich kids, that's what they said during the protests of the Vietnam War. Well, I wasn't a spoiled rich kid, and not many of the rest of them were either. However, the men were subject to the draft. If I had been male, my draft number would have been 68 and in 1970 I would have been drafted, there weren't many deferments then.

Anything to get the corporations out of politics, anything to roll back Citizens United decision is what I am protesting for.

[chipwhich]

Could it be that they are protesting the takeover of our government by corporatists? Ya know, the 1%ers?

Spoiled rich kids, that's what they said during the protests of the Vietnam War. Well, I wasn't a spoiled rich kid, and not many of the rest of them were either. However, the men were subject to the draft. If I had been male, my draft number would have been 68 and in 1970 I would have been drafted, there weren't many deferments then.

Anything to get the corporations out of politics, anything to roll back Citizens United decision is what I am protesting for.

Yeah but as far as I can tell from Vietnam protests, it wasn't about taunting police and not displaying why.

Am I wrong to at least want to see what the protest is about, and not just nonsense chants?

It might help if they were displayed protests with a purpose, not just "our campus not yours". Surely the vietnam protests had more meat than that.

If I missed it, let me know.

[visionary]

After watching a long clip I have no problem with the pepper spray use

They're certainly annoying in the video. Not sure pepper spray directly to the face was the right answer though.

[LadySkinsFan]

When I marched in San Antonio, the signs I saw were about We the People, the 99%ers. I take that to mean tax policy, support for corporate inclusion in politics a la the Citizens United decision giving "personhood" to legal entities that are not living, breathing human beings. I've not watched this movement in depth, have depended upon others with eyewitness testimony to what was happening with agitators not aligned with OWS starting crap for a violent response from police, etc.

BTW, when violence starts, it is dangerous for all who happen to be in that place at that time. I think the police overstep, they are ramped up too and they have things they can use against protesters like pepper spray and tasers. I remember how shocked I was that the Ohio National Guard actually fired upon and killed and wounded those students at Kent State. That event has stayed with me all these years just like it was yesterday. I sing OHIO often when I sing karaoke, it's had that impact on my life. Everytime I participate in a protest I think about it and hope like heck that doesn't happen again. But I view unprovoked pepper spraying and tasering to be the same.

[thebluefood]

Yeah, as I've said before, I want to feel sympathetic toward OWS, but I don't really know what they're all about. Hell, I don't even know if they know what they're about.

If someone from OWS can give me a PowerPoint presentation or a ten point plan or something, then we'll talk. Right now, it just looks like a bunch of loose, ambiguous protests.

[AsburySkinsFan]

u dont get it? go away and get a job LOSER! or get ur ASS kicked.

Oh now this should be interesting....brief....but interesting........

*edit...read through the rest of the thread......yep....brief indeed...and permanent too apparently.

[chipwhich]

When I marched in San Antonio, the signs I saw were about We the People, the 99%ers. I take that to mean tax policy, support for corporate inclusion in politics a la the Citizens United decision giving "personhood" to legal entities that are not living, breathing human beings. I've not watched this movement in depth, have depended upon others with eyewitness testimony to what was happening with agitators not aligned with OWS starting crap for a violent response from police, etc.

BTW, when violence starts, it is dangerous for all who happen to be in that place at that time. I think the police overstep, they are ramped up too and they have things they can use against protesters like pepper spray and tasers. I remember how shocked I was that the Ohio National Guard actually fired upon and killed and wounded those students at Kent State. That event has stayed with me all these years just like it was yesterday. I sing OHIO often when I sing karaoke, it's had that impact on my life. Everytime I participate in a protest I think about it and hope like heck that doesn't happen again. But I view unprovoked pepper spraying and tasering to be the same.

I don't disagree. But if you are going to protest, show a reason. Not just, our campus not yours. It trivializes what those who protest for reason do.