The students who were peppersprayed need to file charges right fucking now.

[LaydeeBug]

I am not kidding. this is an outrage and every time I see it, I get more and more pissed off.

[Fumesucker]

1. I have heard that lawyers are indeed involved in this incident.. n/t

[piratefish08]

2. I would love to see the ACLU involved......

[LaydeeBug]

3. While I agree that is good news...until I see that motherfucker frog marched, there won't be justice

[Cirque du So-What]

4. I agree

I'll leave the exact charges up to minds more legally-attuned than mine. Schools and municipalities must suffer consequences for allowing such horrific practices as busting heads and tear-gassing peaceful protestors to occur.

[Agony]

5. Yes, they should. A similar case was won in federal court.

It took 8 years. Maybe justice will not take so long this time around. http://nopepperspray.org/

San Francisco -- An eight-person federal jury returned a unanimous verdict for the Q-Tip Pepper Spray Eight activists/plaintiffs, finding the County of Humboldt and City of Eureka liable for excessive force in violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Humboldt County Sheriff's Deputies and Eureka Police Officers used unconstitutional excessive force when they applied pepper spray with Q-tips directly to the eyes of the eight nonviolent forest defense protesters in three incidents in 1997. Three of the activists were also sprayed directly in the eyes from inches away. Two of the young women were juveniles, aged 16 and 17.

Former Sheriff Dennis Lewis and current Sheriff Gary Philp also were found liable for causing the use of excessive force by setting policies allowing the unprecedented use of pepper spray on the passive demonstrators, who had locked their arms together inside metal pipes.

Lundberg v. County of Humboldt
aka the Pepper Spray Q-Tip Case or the Pepper Spray Eight Case
originally Headwaters Forest Defense, et al. v. County of Humboldt, et al.

Here is to hoping for positive change!
Agony

[yodermon]

6. pepper-sprayed Q-tips directly to the EYES? What^Fuck?

And this took eight years to adjudicate? sweet jesus.

[kestrel91316]

7. Victims CANNOT FILE CRIMINAL CHARGES. Only prosecutors can do so.

The victims CAN AND SHOULD file civil lawsuits.

[MineralMan]

8. They can't really do that. They can file complaints, but charges

have to come from a District Attorney or other official.

They can, however, file civil suits, and should.