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The UC-Davis pepper-spraying incident report is out: this is perhaps the worst campus-related clusterfuck since Kent State

Posted on 2012.04.19 by winterSmith 4 comments

You no doubt remember the infamous Lt. Pike and the his pepper-spraying assault on lawfully assembled #Occupy UC-Davis students last year. If not, let’s begin with a brief reminder. Some of you might read my lead sentence above and think “oh, look, that ‘lawfully assembled’ part is biased. Fucking hippie.”

Good cop/bad cop: the tasing of Andrew Meyer and remembering Officer Bubba

Posted on 2007.09.18 by winterSmith 13 comments

How much do you trust your local neighborhood law enforcement authorities? Hopefully a lot, and hopefully with good reason. Today, though, events at a John Kerry speaking engagement at the University of Florida have sparked another round of debate over the conduct and capability of police officers (both those on the scene and in general) and the conversations I’ve seen