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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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Clown Show at UC Davis -- Too Bad It's Not Funny

Bob Ostertag | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Linda Katehi UC Davis Pepper Spray, Linda Katehi, UC Davis, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street, UC Davis Pepper Spray Report, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, College News

Remember those videos of campus police pepper spraying seated students in the face at UC Davis last November? Old news, right? Well, it has taken all this time for the task force appointed by the UC president to make its report public.

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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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UC Davis To Release Report On Pepper-Spray Clash

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 04.12.2012

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SAN FRANCISCO — Campus police should not have pepper-sprayed student demonstrators at the University of California, Davis, in an incident that g...

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Repress U, Class of 2012: 7 Steps to a Homeland Security Campus

Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Cia, University of Puerto Rico, Homeland Security Campus, University of Wisconsin, University of Texas, University of Arizona, City University of New York, Occupy Wall Street, Ice, UC Irvine, Ows, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Civil Liberties, Department of Defense, Nypd, UC Davis, Stratfor, Surveillance, Muslim Students Association, University of North Carolina, Dhs, Homeland Security, UC Berkeley, Twitter, New York Police Department, Department of Homeland Security, University of California, DREAM Act, Private Security Contractors, SWAT Team, Repress U, Fbi, Sevis, College News

Since 9/11, the homeland security state has come to campus just as it has come to America's towns and cities, its places of work and its houses of worship, its public space and its cyberspace.

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UC Davis Pepper Spray Report May Not Be Released

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 03.07.2012

Read More: Ucpd, Linda Katehi, Occupy Cal, College Protesters, Demonstrators, UC Berkeley, Mark Yudof, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Investigation, Pepper Spraying, Education, Video, University of California, Uc Campus Police, Kroll Security Group, College News, UC Davis, University of California Police Department, College News

A task force investigating the pepper spraying of protesters at University of California, Davis cannot release their report to the public because of a...

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Occupy, Pepper Spray and the Public University

Rik Seyman | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: UC Davis, Higher Education, Public Education, Student Debt, Occupy Protests Davis, Occupy College Protests, Davis Protests, University Protests Occupy, Chancellor Katehi Davis, College News

While signs of continued protest on campus have temporarily subsided, a core group of students involved in "Occupy UC Davis" events remains engaged in planning new actions and committed to continuing their fight against skyrocketing tuition increases.

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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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Local University Chancellor To Face Confidence Vote After Occupy Incident

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Linda Katehi, Linda Katehi Vote of Confidence, Davis, Occupy Universities, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Occupy Davis, Pepper Katehi, Video, Linda Katehi Controversy, Uc Davis Chancellor, Linda Katehi Fired, Occupy Wall Street, Linda Katehi Vote, UC Davis, Uc Davis Occupy, San Francisco News

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

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Occupy Philly Is Alive and Well

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 02.29.2012

Read More: Ows, Time, Gandhi, Occupy Okinawa, Arab Spring, Occupy 440, Mlk, UC Davis, Occupy Philly, Sanger, Politics News

If nothing else, the Occupy movement has awakened and inspired a lot of hurting folks to get involved, contribute, and help create a better world for us all.

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The Chancellor and the Student, or, Speaking Truth to Power

Bob Ostertag | Posted 02.20.2012

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UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi has stated that she tried to meet with students who were pepper-sprayed but was rebuffed. This came as a surprise to Jerika Heinze, who says she has been contacting the Chancellor's office nearly every day asking for a meeting.

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PHOTOS: Artists Create Police Brutality Coloring Book

Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Slideadbigshot, Obey Giant, Whitehot Magazine, Chelsea Elliott, Occupy Wall Street, Wired.com, Police Brutality, Noah Becker, UC Davis, Obey, Shepard Fairey, Occupy Movement, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Wired, Arts News

A collective of 46 artists has come together to contribute black-and-white images for the new Police Brutality Coloring Book. The 48-page DIY publicat...

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Our Students Are Not Protesting in a Vacuum

Linda Katehi | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Uc Tuition Hike, UC Protests, California Budget Cuts, Cost of Higher Education, Occupy Wall Street, UC Tuition Increases, UC Davis, Pepper Spraying Cop, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, College News

Outrage over the use of pepper spray and other violent confrontations has generated the biggest headlines and sparked the most anger, with good reason. We cannot let that keep us from addressing the root cause of so much campus upheaval.

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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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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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The Best (and Worst) Education News of 2011

Larry Ferlazzo | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: School Reform, Bill Gates, Education, Teachers, Education News, Mark Zuckerberg, New York Schools, UC Davis, Education Reform, Education News

Here's my humble attempt to identify the best and the worst education news that occurred during the past 12 months.

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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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In Defense of Linda Katehi, UC Davis Chancellor

Gregory C. Pappas | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: Linda Katehi, UC Davis, Greek-Americans, Uc Davis Pepper Spray, Occupy Movement, College News

It is important to understand Linda Katehi's background and how it has shaped her commitment to education -- and making education accessible to those who traditionally do not have access to it.

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UC Davis Pepper Spray Investigated By Group That Works For Wall Street

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Linda Katehi, Wall Street Firms, Occupy Cal, Video, University of California, Uc Chancellor, Tuition Hikes, William Bratton, Police Violence, Occupy Wall Street, Pepper Spray, UC Davis, Robert Meister, Occupy Protests, College News

WASHINGTON -- Faculty in the University of California system said this week that the group appointed to lead an investigation into the controversial p...

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UC's Crisis: More Than a Police Problem

Michael Meranze | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: William Bratton, Mark Yudof, University of California, Police Violence, University Privatization, University Governance, Uc Police, UC Davis, College News

The student protesters' point has never been simply that they don't want to pay more tuition. They want justice and transparency, just like the rest of the 99%.

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Jon Stewart: 'Pepper Spray Is Our New Car Horn'

The Huffington Post | Katla McGlynn | Posted 11.29.2011

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"The Daily Show" returned from its Thanksgiving break Monday night, with Jon Stewart wasting no time catching up on the abundance of pepper spray-rela...

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(VIDEO) UC Davis' Nathan Brown: We Must Rethink How We Approach Civil Disobedience

Shira Lazar | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: White House, Nathan Brown, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, Shira Lazar, UC Davis, What's Trending, College News

Controversy over police officers pepper-spraying students during a peaceful tuition hike protest at UC Davis took over the Internet last week. After ...

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PHOTOS: The Week In Art

Posted 11.26.2011

Read More: Dwell, Pepper-Spraying Cop, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Occupy, UC Davis, Jim Henson, Shepard Fairey, Ugly Babies, Ows Poster, Arts News

This week at HuffPost Arts, we remembered our favorite 'Muppet' moments and drooled over Dwell's best homes in America. We also learned the story behi...

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Thanks for What?

Robert Scheer | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Politics, Hunger, Depression, Poverty, Economy, Occupy Wall Street, Thanksgiving, Democracy, Foreclosure, Housing Crisis, UC Davis, Recession, Politics News

The spread of affordable college education made upward mobility a truly plausible American goal. No more. On this Thanksgiving we have been cheated of the bounty of that harvest. Truthdig.com

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