Pepper-sprayed UC Davis activists won't be charged

[Newsjock]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

Yolo County prosecutors said Friday that they will not file charges against demonstrators at UC Davis who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during a Nov. 18 protest.

District Attorney Jeff Reisig said there was insufficient information in UC Davis police reports to charge 10 protesters who were arrested in the demonstration. Of the eight men and two women who could have faced misdemeanor charges of unlawful assembly and failure to disperse, seven were students, authorities said.

The protest drew widespread attention after two UC Davis police officers were videotaped using large canisters of pepper spray to douse seated, nonviolent demonstrators.

... In a statement, UC Davis officials said, "We welcome this development. It is an important step in helping our community heal following the regrettable events of Nov. 18."

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/01/20/BAKT1MSF5J.DTL&tsp=1

[Fearless]

1. Ohh how nice of them!

They ought to sue.

[Sherman A1]

6. Precisely

Now indeed is the time to file lawsuits.

[Art_from_Ark]

8. My thoughts exactly

[CherylK]

13. +1

[jberryhill]

2. ...as long as they return or replace the pepper spray they stole

[pinboy3niner]

3. Hmmm...I'm thinking they should go with the 'return' option

[The Second Stone]

4. I suppose we should celebrate that a District Attorney is going

respect the constitution.

the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances

[eppur_se_muova]

5. Victims won't be punished further ? Where's the justice in that ? nt

[rhett o rick]

9. What, if anything, is happening with the two guilty officers? nm

[xtraxritical]

10. Nothing, business as usual for cops.

I hope next time the pigs get their asses kicked. I hope occupy sparks up some serious violence. It's way past time to revolt, ask T. Jefferson. I'll be there.

[rhett o rick]

11. "Violence is what the police use. It's what the state uses."

There is an excellent article by Rebecca Solnit in the book titled, "Occupy: Scenes from Occupied America" on violence. The quotes here are from the article. "The state would like us to be violent." It would justify further violence on their part and they are much better equipped for it. The corporate-owned media would like us to be violent, they would focus only on our violence and detract from our cause.

[Enrique]

12. are they not merciful