Saturday, 15 September 2012 17:45

Win For Pepper Spray Victims

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"Plaintiffs claim they were targeted by police "for forcible arrests based on their past political activism and associations at the university," the complaint read.

"We did an injustice to our students that day at Davis, and some amount of recompense is appropriate," Jonathan Stein, a UC student regent, said. "More importantly, it's time for us as an institution to publicly acknowledge that's not the way we should treat our students. We were wrong, and we are moving forward.""

Justice would be for the cops who did this to be prosecuted and jailed for each act of assault they committed that day. But the story has a bigger overall meaning to me, and a much-needed message to oppressors and the defiant alike - Peace can win. - Wes

Huffington Post article

 

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