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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>No, they could have arrested the folks who were sitting. Given the size of the Quad, they could have left another way. There was no reason to start spraying. They were not in danger.<br><br>Sunil <br><br>To: london@moscow.com<br>From: jborden@datawedge.com<br>Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 13:40:37 -0800<br>CC: vision2020@moscow.com<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened<br><br><pre>I see it much differently.<br> <br>At every step of the way, the protesters had control. <br> <br>When the protesters follow and SURROUND the police officers, and begin chanting 'if you let them go we'll let you leave' it paints a much different picture.<br> <br>Jay<br> <br> <br>-----Original Message-----<br>From: Bill London [london@moscow.com]<br>Received: Wednesday, 07 Dec 2011, 1:27pm<br>To: Jay Borden [jborden@datawedge.com]<br>CC: vision2020 [vision2020@moscow.com]<br>Subject: Re: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened<br> <br> <br>The Davis police lost the PR battle for a good reason.<br>As this video makes clear, the protestors did not ONCE respond with violence (no rocks thrown, etc).<br>The cops had a force large enough to clear those 20 students away—and the cops were obviously in no real danger.<br>The pepper spray was a vicious and unnecessary attack, reminding me of the firehoses and attack dogs used in the South against the civil rights marchers<br>BL<br> <br>From: Jay Borden <mailto:jborden@datawedge.com> <br>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 12:55 PM<br>To: Moscow Vision 2020 <mailto:vision2020@moscow.com> <br>Subject: [Vision2020] UC Davis Pepper Spray - What really happened<br> <br> <br>The original video has long since gone viral… and thus the police and the Chancellor have already lost the PR battle.<br> <br> <br> <br>But here is a YouTube video showing the precursor for the UC Davis “occupy” debacle.<br> <br> <br> <br><a href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPdH3wE0_Y&feature=share' target='_blank'>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhPdH3wE0_Y&feature=share</a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br>Jay<br> <br> <br> <br>________________________________<br> <br>=======================================================<br>List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br> <a href='http://www.fsr.net' target='_blank'>http://www.fsr.net</a><br> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>=======================================================<br></pre><br>=======================================================
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