Peppered Sprayed Students get compensated......JUSTICE! American Style!

[JustAlex]

Do you guys remember this:




Well.....the University has settled with the 21 Students and alumni that were GROSSLY, UNJUSTIFIABLY peppered sprayed for practicing their American given rights to protest!

They settled for $1 Million......the Students will each receive about $30K after legal fees...


http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...-reaction.html

Let this be a lesson to any disgusting authority figure that believes that he/she is above the law....YOU ARE NOT!

And sooner or later the victim will get his/her day in court.


JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED!

[ensbergcollector]

only in america does "justice is served" mean "everybody got paid"

justice is the offending party being punished according to the law, not everyone getting paid

[JustAlex]

only in america does "justice is served" mean "everybody got paid"

justice is the offending party being punished according to the law, not everyone getting paid

That's why I labeled it as "Justice, American Style!"

However, how much you wanna bet this NEVER happens in another College Campus in this country?

Why, because they know that they will LOSE in court and will have to pay.

This sets the precedent.

[duwal]

the students had the right to protest but it was also the students who thought they were 'above the law' in not complying

[JustAlex]

the students had the right to protest but it was also the students who thought they were 'above the law' in not complying

Non-violent civil disobedience does not merit what they received.

These guys were not causing major problems, they were not out of control, or anything of the sort. They were peacefully doing a "Sit-in", just like many Americans before them that chose the same civil disobedience that would lead to great progress in this country.

Pepper Spraying them in the face to such an excessive level was a horrible way to try to disperse them.

That's the problem in America right now.

Cops see something they don't like so they instantly draw out a taser or pepper spray, not even caring about the potential serious harm they can inflict. And sometimes it's done to the wrong people in the wrong situations.

The University and campus police were in the wrong here, and now it's going to cost them.

I for one, see this as a huge victory to the students and their rights.

Next time use some common sense and don't act like a bunch of fascists!

[mugatu471]

Non-violent civil disobedience does not merit what they received.

These guys were not causing major problems, they were not out of control, or anything of the sort. They were peacefully doing a "Sit-in", just like many Americans before them that chose the same civil disobedience that would lead to great progress in this country.

Pepper Spraying them in the face to such an excessive level was a horrible way to try to disperse them.

That's the problem in America right now.

Cops see something they don't like so they instantly draw out a taser or pepper spray, not even caring about the potential serious harm they can inflict. And sometimes it's done to the wrong people in the wrong situations.

The University and campus police were in the wrong here, and now it's going to cost them.

I for one, see this as a huge victory to the students and their rights.

Next time use some common sense and don't act like a bunch of fascists!

Completely agree.

[shrewsbury]

so what should they have done?
just curious, and please don't say "not spray the", I agree with that, but i want to know the correct action they should have taken and why it is correct.

[mrveggieman]

I would have wanted more than $30k.

[shrewsbury]

doesn't surprise me

and if you are going to protest, do you not know what the outcome may be, and I would bet all these kids knew that and were willing to pay the price, until it actually happened.

so should they have chained them to horses and dragged them off campus? or just allow them to break the rules with no consequences?

[Wickabee]

doesn't surprise me

and if you are going to protest, do you not know what the outcome may be, and I would bet all these kids knew that and were willing to pay the price, until it actually happened.

so should they have chained them to horses and dragged them off campus? or just allow them to break the rules with no consequences?

So "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young is a happy song to you?