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 requested yesterday...John I'm here and listening...Sacramento "Mike"... John after reviewing the video at your request in order to alter my understanding here is the "other side of the story". Mute the volume when you replay the video, watch the students "only" through the whole video. You will see non violent students, you never see a physically violent oppression of the police by university students. If words cause the officers to fear they aren't suited or trained for this type of event. When officers are called to this event I think they "type casted the students" as though they were the Oakland violent type, wild and reckless. UC Davis students are not the sick wierdos from Occupy Oakland. The "laws" put in place regarding protests are put in place to reduce places for public protest or what we used to call "freedom of speech". Lt. Pepper should be trained in restraint and cut out the donuts as well.   12/7/2011 Ok here you go John... you asked for the other side, it is clear that your position is skewed because of your law enforcement bias and that is to be expected. The students are not the scum of the earth as assumed by your audience, just students. Everyday they watch the injustic and coruption of university, corporate, political, religious, the legal system and law enforcement. They have a first amendment right as citizens to protect, to speak out in their defense. So laws are in place to restrain our right to speak out that does not make the law right so civil disobedience is in order in fact I watch so much corruption in America it is time to raise up a generation of civil disobedience until the whole corrupt system breaks and we return to the basics.  The difference in this UC Davis protest compared to Occupy Oakland is this was non-violent. If they had broken windows yes go to jail, if the hit a cop with a rock yes go to jail, turned over 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 words they need to stay home.   John finally, you need to have a larger radio audience than "yes men" and law enforcement friends. I respect law enforcement when their actions are appropriate and moral.  

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

• Nice comment and words. Everything starts from his situations at that time, no way to judge it right now!

• Bratton had been chief for 5 years in 2007 when his boys beat up KTLA.  He blamed them and never took any responsibility for their actions under his command. This is putting the fox in charge of the hen house.

• 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.

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