Pepper Spray

Ron Paul Spoke Right Next to Where UC Davis Students Were Pepper Sprayed; Nobody Protested

Justin Cox | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Pepper Spray, UC Davis, John Pike, Libertarian, Ron Paul, Ron Paul Uc Davis, Uc Davis Protests, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Politics News

if any other Republican presidential candidate were to have stopped by the UC Davis quad to give a campaign speech last week, there's little doubt in my mind that it would have been overshadowed by some form of protest.

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Embattled Police Chief Resigns After Notorious Pepper Spray Incident

AP | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Video, University of California Davis, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Annette Spicuzza, Occupy Wall Street, Pepper Spray, UC Davis, Occupy Colleges, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Protesters, College News

DAVIS, Calif. — The police chief who oversaw the University of California, Davis, police department during its notorious pepper-spraying of Occu...

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UC Davis Investigation: Pepper Spray 'Was Not Authorized'

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.11.2012

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The task force report on the controversial pepper-spraying of student protesters at the University of California, Davis concluded the campus police an...

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Santa Monica College Trustees Hold Emergency Meeting

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Santa Monica College, Santa Monica College Protests, Two-Tier Funding, Video, Santa Monica Community College, Campus Protests, Tuition Hikes, Pepper Spraying Protesters, Santa Monica Two-Tier, Two-Tier Tuition, Student Protesters, Pepper-Spray, California Protesters, Protesters Pepper-Sprayed, Califonira Community Colleges, California Student Protesters, Campus Controversy, College News

Students at Santa Monica College continue to protest on campus against tuition hikes in the three days following the pepper-spraying of demonstrators ...

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AGAIN?! WATCH: Another California College Pepper-Sprays Student Protestors

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 04.04.2012

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SANTA MONICA, Calif. — The dozens of student protesters who were pepper-sprayed by police at a California community college weren't just angry a...

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How to Fund an American Police State

Stephan Salisbury | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Patriot Act, Police Force, Homeland Security, Privacy Rights, Pepper Spray, Online Privacy, Occupy Wall Street Police Brutality, Oakland Police Violence, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Politics News

The chances of an American dying in a terrorist incident in a given year are 1 in 3.5 million. To reduce that risk, to make something minuscule even more minuscule, what has the nation spent? What has it cost us?

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WATCH: Versatile 'Vortex Gun' Blows 90-MPH Rings of Gas

Posted 03.04.2012

Read More: Battelle, Vortex Gun, Video, Firefighters, Gas Gun, Pepper Spray, Vortex, Crowd Control, Darpa, Tear Gas, Science News

By: Jeremy Hsu, InnovationNewsDaily Senior Writer Published: 03/02/2012 01:22 PM EST on InnovationNewsDaily Vortex guns capable of firing doughn...

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UC Davis Protesters File Lawsuit For Pepper Spraying

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Ucpd, Aclu, Linda Katehi, Occupy Cal, Tuition Hikes, University of California, Occupy Wall Street, Pepper Spray, Aclu Northern California, UC Davis, California Student Protesters, Lt. Pike, Lawsuit, Video, College News

Seventeen University of California, Davis students and two alumni filed a lawsuit against school officials and police on Wednesday concerning a dramat...

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Catwoman Impersonator Pepper-Sprays Fake Ozzy Osbourne After 'Harassment'

Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Video, Cat Woman Jack Sparrow, Catwoman Impersonator, Pepper Spray, Cat Woman, Hollywood Performers, Cat-Woman, Jack Sparrow, Cat Woman Pepper Sprayed, Entertainment News

What happens when Catwoman, an alien and Ozzy Osbourne get into a fight? That's not a joke, but an ongoing only-in-Hollywood news story. It all wen...

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'Outrageous' Brawls At Houston High School Has Parents Calling For Closure

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.30.2012

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Authorities paid a visit to Dekaney High School in Houston, Tex., after what students called an "outrageous" brawl broke out in the cafeteria, KHOU-TV...

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Tanks on Main Street: The Militarization of Local Police

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: 1033 Program, Police, Pepper Spray, SWAT Team, Militarization, Police Militarization, Police Weaponry, Paramilitary Police, Crime News

The American police force is not supposed to be a branch of the military, nor is it a private security force for the reigning political faction.

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Before Midnight, Occupy Wall Street Activists Retake Zuccotti Park

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Politics, Video, New Year's Eve, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Nypd, Twitter, Occupy Wall Street, Pepper Spray, Zuccotti Park, Tents, #Ows, Politics News

"All week! All year! We'll still be here!" "Whose park? Our park!" The chants went up 10, 20, maybe 100 deep shortly before midnight at Zuccott...

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A Holiday Song: All I Want for Christmas Is a Job (2011 Edition)

Spencer Green | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Poverty, Wall Street, Money, Work, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Economic Crisis, Christmas, Pepper Spray, Jobs, Warren Buffett, Joblessness, Barack Obama, Video, Comedy News

Feel free to share it with anyone going through tough times and let's hope we won't have to do another version of this next year.

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Seattle Community Celebrates 85th Birthday Of Most Famous Pepper Spray Victim

Mark Taylor-Canfield | Posted 02.12.2012

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The octogenarian Seattle activist whose face was seen in news media around the world when police pepper sprayed her during an Occupy Seattle protest l...

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Pepper Sprayed Activist Turns 85

Mark Taylor-Canfield | Posted 02.12.2012

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Community activists, political campaigners, Occupy Seattle supporters, local church ministers and a Buddhist monk turned out to celebrate the 85th birthday of local activist and Occupy Seattle movement spokesperson Dorli Rainey.

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Campus Police Violence Is Nothing New In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.09.2011

Read More: Video, Occupy Cal, Uc Chancellor, University of California, Police Violence, Occupy Protesters, Ucla, Occupy Wall Street, Wheeler Hall, Katehi, Robert Birgenau, UC Berkeley, Pepper Spray, Mark Yudof, UC Davis, Brazil Report, California Protests, College News

When students at the University of California, Berkeley, attempted to set up an Occupy Wall Street encampment, campus police answered on Nov. 9 with t...

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No Felony Charges For Accused Walmart pepper-sprayer

AP | Posted 12.09.2011

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LOS ANGELES -- A Los Angeles woman accused of attacking at least 20 Black Friday shoppers at a Walmart store with pepper spray won't face felony charg...

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Schools Pepper Sprayed Students 'Repeatedly And Regularly'

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 12.07.2011

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After a lawsuit was filed last year on behalf of eight high school students against the Birmingham Board of Education over the use of pepper spray aga...

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Occupy Phoenix Update:

Diane D'Angelo | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Push, Rainbow Coalition, Alec, offthebus2012, Occupy Phoenix, Jesse Jackson, Afl-Cio, Offthebus, American Legislative Exchange Council, Pepper Spray, Politics News

Sunday Dec. 4 marked day 50 of Occupy Phoenix. The movement that many pundits dismissed as the political equivalent of "Seinfeld" i.e., a movement about nothing--scored a triple play of successes this week.

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ANOTHER Pepper Spray Incident At NYC High School, 20 Injured

Posted 12.05.2011

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A student at a Bronx high school pepper-sprayed about 20 students and the school principal Monday afternoon. It's the third pepper-spraying incident a...

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Why The Government Is Ramping Up The Use Of Force

Radley Balko | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: Uc-Davis, Ows, Drug Raid, Protest, Pepper Spray, Police Militarization, Occupy, Swat Teams, Riot Cops, Drug Violence, Police Violence, Politics News

Outraged by the Occupy crackdowns, some are now calling for a national discussion on the use of force. That's a welcome development, but it's helpful to review how we got here in order to have an honest discussion.

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Pepper Spray Hospitality

Michael W. Waters | Posted 02.04.2012

Read More: American Consumerism, Black Friday Pepper Spray, Black Friday Shopping, Hospitality, Black Voices Life, Bv-Life, Pepper Spray, Pepper Spraying Cop, Black Voices News

We are a less hospitable nation. Hospitality has been exchanged for a heightened hostility. Let's call it pepper spray hospitality, which is, in fact, no hospitality at all. We are a spray first, ask questions later, kind of society.

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Both Sides Now: Can the Final Three Pass Their 2012 Character 'Stress Tests'?

HuffPost Radio | Posted 12.04.2011

Read More: Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Hilary Rosen, John McCain, Gov. Christie, Barney Frank, Joe Klein, Mary Matalin, Super Committee, Charles Krautheimer, Pepper Spray, Barack Obama, Jon Huntsman, George Will, Jeff Zeleny, Rick Perry, Hillary Clinton, Bret Baier, Politics News

Matalin and Rosen debate personal flaws of the Final Three. Obama a loner? Romney a phony? Newt a blowhard with "baggage"?

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Where Does Gov. Jerry Brown Stand On Occupy Wall Street?

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: California, Governor Jerry Brown, Pepper Spray, Occupy Oakland, Jerry Brown Occupy, Occupy Sacramento, Occupy Movement, Robert Cruishank, California Budget, Occupy Berkeley, Jodie Evans, Occupy Wall Street, Jerry Brown, Ted Lieu, UC Davis, California Taxes, San Francisco News

In mid-November, a group of demonstrators aligned with the Occupy movement held a rally outside a Sacramento loft building in an attempt to capture th...

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Project Bugsplat

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Pepper Spray, Native American, Dehumanization, Drones, Pakistan, Occupy Movement, Afghanistan War, Politics News

"Bugsplat" is a term of ultimate disrespect and indifference, and it begins with a state of mind. The global Occupy movement, with its humane and nonviolent core certainty, is tipping the balance. Finally it comes down to this: Occupy consciousness.

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