Post by cc0 on Nov 20, 2011 12:59:42 GMT -5
Following up from the recent incident of police attacking protesters at U.C. Berkeley:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQw7wSGrfYk
Here's a video of people protesting those actions at U.C. Davis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM
This is a longer, more inspiring, version of the short clips you may have seen on the news.
An assistant professor at the school has written an open letter calling for the resignation of Linda Katehi, who called in the police:
bicyclebarricade.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/open-letter-to-chancellor-linda-p-b-katehi/
And this is how the protesters reacted to her:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmfIuKelOt4
For anyone who read my links to the Rolling Stone articles, this article at the Atlantic is also instructive:
www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/why-i-feel-bad-for-the-pepperspraying-policeman-lt-john-pike/248772/
In short, the problem is not the police, it's the system. And neither political party is innocent.
If you have any questions: ht.ly/7z7Us
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQw7wSGrfYk
Here's a video of people protesting those actions at U.C. Davis:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM
This is a longer, more inspiring, version of the short clips you may have seen on the news.
An assistant professor at the school has written an open letter calling for the resignation of Linda Katehi, who called in the police:
bicyclebarricade.wordpress.com/2011/11/19/open-letter-to-chancellor-linda-p-b-katehi/
And this is how the protesters reacted to her:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmfIuKelOt4
For anyone who read my links to the Rolling Stone articles, this article at the Atlantic is also instructive:
www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/11/why-i-feel-bad-for-the-pepperspraying-policeman-lt-john-pike/248772/
In short, the problem is not the police, it's the system. And neither political party is innocent.
If you have any questions: ht.ly/7z7Us