Remember the pepper-spraying cop who doused a peaceful Occupy Wall Street protest on the campus of UC Davis?
STORY: GTFOH! Police Pepper Spray Peaceful College Protesters
Well, nineteen students and alumni at the University of California, Davis filed a federal lawsuit in U.S. District Court against the university.
The lawsuit is the latest fallout from the Nov. 18 incident, when campus police pepper sprayed sitting protesters who had set up an Occupy camp. Widely viewed online videos of the incident generated national outrage and calls for the chancellor’s resignation.
The lawsuit claims the university violated the demonstrators’ constitutional rights and seeks campus policies to prevent similar responses to non-violent protests, as well as unspecified damages.
UC Davis officials declined to comment Wednesday because they had not seen the lawsuit, but you can see the lawsuit by clicking here!
