Crank up the damage control: UC President Mark Yudof appoints William J. Bratton, former chief of NYPD and LAPD to review UC police procedures and to report in a month.
Yudof also appointed a systemwide policy review panel, to be headed by UC General Counsel Charles Robinson and UC Berkeley School of Law Dean Christopher Edley Jr.
UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi now says police defied her orders when they used pepper spray. UC Davis police chief blames pepper sprayer Lt. Pike. Students are not impressed. See Katehi's speech to students on Monday, and UC Davis's California Professor coverage, e.g. "What Katehi didn't say."
Meanwhile, Lt Pike's fame grows and grows. He is now the most viewed pepper sprayer in world history. See the piece linked also linked above for Pike's mixed record as a UC cop. On the other hand, kudos are offered UC Davis police by a reader in Bakersfield.
UC Davis had a strong turnout for the tuition protests in November of 2009. I don't think it has every seen crowds like the 5000 on Monday (h/t CA Prof), and may never be the same again. It is now on the global protest map (e.g. Sueddeutsche), has a range of strong and militant voices, and has a growing reputation for protest ingenuity as can be heard in various call-outs to the police in the lead-up to the pepper-spraying.
Update: The debate continues to grow on the spread of the use of Pepper Spray to subdue protests. Even the originator of the technique has his doubts.
Update: Linda Lye points out that "Police crackdowns on Occupy camps are real threat" to democracy, and public health and safety.
Update: State Board forces out President at University of Oregon. He wanted too much autonomy and also gave faculty raises. Faculty and Students are dismayed.
Update: Faculty and Students at UCLA's English Department have sent a letter of solidarity to their comrades at Berkeley.
Update: UCSD Students Mic Check Chancellor Marye Anne Fox.
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