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UC Davis Places Police Officers on Leave Following Pepper-Spray of Peaceful Occupy Protesters

HeadlineNov 21, 2011

The University of California, Davis, has announced it has placed two police officers on administrative leave after they were videotaped pepper-spraying a group of student protesters. The students were peacefully sitting down cross-legged with their arms locked when the officers began pepper-spraying them at close range. The students were protesting the dismantling of the “Occupy UC Davis” encampment that was set up in the school’s quad area.

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