"Pepper-sprayed protesters had "encircled" the police and told them "if they wanted to clear the path they would have to go through us."
That's the description coming from one of the sprayed protesters. According to Elli Pearson, the protesters had linked arms in a way that sounds as though the police were stuck in the center and the protesters refused to allow them out of the encirclement.
"UPDATE: The Agitator has an interesting comment on the matter:
"Video shows UC-Davis students were clearly warned about use of force before pepper spray. I don’t think this justifies it. It’s hard to see what harm the students were causing by sitting on a sidewalk at a quad. But it does mitigate the casualness with which the cop appears to spray them."
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