Occupy Davis

Protests Shut Down Monsanto in Davis CA.

Myles Boisen | Posted 05.16.2012

Myles Boisen

A coalition of activist organizations demonstrating at the Monsanto office in Davis CA. successfully caused a shutdown of the multinational chemical and biotech company offices there on on Saturday, March 17.

Local University Chancellor To Face Confidence Vote After Occupy Incident

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 04.18.2012

SAN FRANCISCO — Faculty members at a California university where campus police pepper-sprayed a group of peaceful Occupy protesters have voted a...

UC Davis' Peppergate Meltdown: Only the Tip of the Glacier

Rik Seyman | Posted 02.15.2012

Rik Seyman

The Peppergate scandal at UC Davis is no more about Lt. Pike and bungling cops on the Quad than Watergate was about E. Howard Hunt and burglars in the Democratic headquarters. Or, at least, it shouldn't be -- not if the university is to have a soul going forward.

Editing for Patch in the Wake of Pepper Spray

Justin Cox | Posted 01.28.2012

Justin Cox

I'm the editor of Davis Patch, and although I was not on the receiving end of Lt. Pike's now-famous pepper spraying, the maneuver has made things pretty busy in this town.

WATCH: Pepper-Spraying Police Officer's Alleged Anti-Gay Past

Posted 11.25.2011

John Pike, California's infamous pepper-spraying police officer, has an anti-gay past, according to reports. Though he has been twice honored by t...

UC Davis Students' Awe-inspiring Non-violence

Bob Ostertag | Posted 01.21.2012

Bob Ostertag

Hopefully, what happened on the UC Davis campus last week will be seen as an inspiring example of the power of the most creative kind of non-violent power.

Pepper Spraying UC Davis Officers Suspended

AP | Jason Dearen | Posted 01.20.2012

By Jason Dearen, Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in the pepper spraying of sea...

WATCH: Chilling Video Of Students Confronting UC Davis Chancellor

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 11.21.2011

A crowd of UC Davis students confronted chancellor Linda Katehi in the wake of an incident that occurred between protesters and campus police on Frida...

Militarization Of Campus Police

Bob Ostertag | Posted 01.19.2012

Bob Ostertag

What we have seen in the last two weeks around the country, and now at Davis, is a radical departure from the way police have handled protest in this country for half a century.

WATCH: Shocking Pepper Spray Video At Occupy Protest Sparks Investigation At Local University

AP | By SUDHIN THANAWALA | Posted 02.17.2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- Protesters sitting on the ground supporting the Occupy Wall Street movement on the campus of the University of California, Davis took...

Jason Cherkis

WATCH: UC Davis Police Pepper-Spray Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.20.2011

WASHINGTON -- On Friday, a group of University of California, Davis students, part of the Occupy Wall Street movement on campus, became the latest vic...