Bill Bratton Tapped to Head Pepper Spray Inquiry at UC Davis

John McGuiness Show KFBK

12/6/2011

rather than run to seperate corners as you requestedyesterday...John I'm here and listening...Sacramento "Mike"... Johnafter reviewing the video at your request in order to alter my understandinghere is the "other side of the story". Mute the volume when youreplay the video, watch the students "only" through the whole video.You will see non violent students, you never see a physically violentoppression of the police by university students. If words cause the officers tofear they aren't suited or trained for this type of event. When officers arecalled to this event I think they "type casted the students" asthough they were the Oakland violent type, wild and reckless. UC Davis studentsare not the sick wierdos from Occupy Oakland. The "laws" put in placeregarding protests are put in place to reduce places for public protest or whatwe used to call "freedom of speech". Lt. Pepper should be trained inrestraint and cut out the donuts as well.

12/7/2011

Ok here you go John... you asked for the other side, it isclear that your position is skewed because of your law enforcement bias andthat is to be expected. The students are not the scum of the earth as assumedby your audience, just students. Everyday they watch the injustic and coruptionof university, corporate, political, religious, the legal system and lawenforcement. They have a first amendment right as citizens to protect, to speakout in their defense. So laws are in place to restrain our right to speak outthat does not make the law right so civil disobedience is in order in fact Iwatch so much corruption in America it is time to raise up a generation ofcivil disobedience until the whole corrupt system breaks and we return to thebasics.  The difference in this UC Davisprotest compared to Occupy Oakland is this was non-violent. If they had brokenwindows yes go to jail, if the hit a cop with a rock yes go to jail, turnedover a car yes jail. Defense must be non violent when offense is non-violent.Pepper spray is a violent act. If law enforcement is fearful of harsh wordsthey need to stay home.   John finally,you need to have a larger radio audience than "yes men" and lawenforcement friends. I respect law enforcement when their actions areappropriate and moral.

Bratton advocates the usage of rubber bullets on crowds. he's scum

There is nothing to investigate.  Throw the peper spraying cops in jail and the Dean/Chancellor Katai out of the university.

I cannot think of a worse choice.  He's a virtual advocate for deploying weapons in crowds.