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Summary
"Pepper Spray incapacitates and is only supposed to be used to stop a violent or attacking subject. Pepper spray stops you in your tracks with pain and you cannot open your eyes. You cannot move. You are incapacitated. This officer did not want the students to move.
Why would he use a weapon that incapacitates them, before moving them? He was setting them up for resisting arrest charges."
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The aggressive actions of the U.C. Davis Police on November 18, 2011 were clearly illegal and violative of the 4th amendment.; This was also a felony assault and battery that the officer committed under California Penal Code 245
Tear Gas is the proper police weapon for dispersing crowds and is generally considered to be an irritant and not as potentially lethal and painful as pepper spray.
Pepper Spray is one of the most painful chemicals you can experience and the hot pepper can give you severe pain and burning for up to two days.
Unlike Tear Gas, pepper spray has a resin that makes it stick to your eyes and membranes.
Imagine putting the hottest pepper you can imagine in your eyes and nose and throat. It is very hard to breathe and you CANNOT open your eyes.
Pepper Spray can cause permanent damage and even death.
Pepper Spray is only supposed to be used to stop an attack because it makes the person unable to see or move. It disorients them and debilitates them.
This officer did not want the students to move. If he did, he would have used tear gas. He was just hurting them because they were exercising their rights.
Why would he use a weapon that incapacitates them if he really wanted them to move?
Maybe because after he sprayed them, he started to move them while incapacitated just so he could FRAME THEM and CHARGE THEM with resisting arrest.
In this case, the police do not have the usual excuses I see, such as "it was a high crime area... We were dealing with known gang members... Minorities with baggy pants and shaved heads are dangerous... We thought he was reaching for a grenade launcher... We got a call of shots fired... The officer was in fear for his life."
In this case, the officer just stood there nonchalantly spraying kids sitting with their heads down.
Okorie Okorocha
Civil Rights Lawyer
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