Wednesday, November 23, 2011

"Don't Spray Me Bro!"

You may have seen the video of the pepper spraying cop at the University of California at Davis. As if it was fairy dust, he covered the peaceful protesters as they sat quietly.

Chancellor Linda Katehi is being pressured to resign after the incident. She had reportedly told police not to use force in breaking up the protest.

From this side of the country pepper spray looks a lot like a weapon, Chancellor.

In fact, police seem to be entirely too fast on the button when it comes to pepper spraying demonstrators. At first they couldn't stop tasering everyone. Now it seems the spray can has replaced the tasers.

In any case, Americans have always protested. Otherwise we'd still be singing "God Save the Queen." The only methods that have changed are the way the authorities have attempted to silence the demonstrators.

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