Three Years Ago, UC Davis Students Got Covered With Pepper Spray.

November 19, 2014 at 3:47 pm.

Today marks the 3rd anniversary of UC Davis Police High Asshole Lt. Pike serving up students a la pepper spray, remembered on campus with protests against tuition increases.

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Despite massive protests and outrage, Pike was never charged, eventually retiring with benefits and given $38,000 in workers compensation benefits for “pain and suffering.” President Katehi, ultimately responsible for the violence to peacefully protesting students, remains at the head of UC Davis. No bad deed goes unrewarded.

UC Davis students sued, eventually settling for about $30,000 per pepper sprayee.

Lt. Pike’s atrocity generated innumerable derivative works, including the two below:

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