And another famous MLK quote: "At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love."
>________________________________ > From: whynotnow7 <whynotn...@yahoo.com> >To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com >Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2011 9:28 AM >Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Chancellor Katehi walks to her car > > > >It was reported from a couple of sources that the Chancellor called the >videotape of the pepper-spraying incident "chilling", which it is. Its been on >the news a lot here. Very odd that the police nation-wide are trying to >provoke the protesters into a violent reaction (with no success :-)). What's >that quote on non-violence? "first they ignore you, then they laugh at you, >then they fight you, then you win." > >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote: >> >> Whoa. This is chilling and wonderful. UC-Davis Chancellor Katehi >> walks from the administration building to her car late Saturday >> night after the police pepper-spraying on Friday, through a >> throng of absolutely silent protesters: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8775ZmNGFY8 >> >> Here's a description of how this developed from someone who >> was observing it: >> >> "A press conference, scheduled for *4:00pm* between the UC Davis Chancellor >> and police with local press on campus, did not end in an hour, as planned. >> Instead, a mass of Occupy Davis students and sympathizers mobilized outside, >> demanding to have their voice heard. After some initial confusion, UC >> Chancellor Linda Katehi refused to leave the building, attempting to give >> the media the impression that the students were somehow holding her hostage. >> >> "A group of highly organized students formed a large gap for the chancellor >> to leave. They chanted "we are peaceful" and "just walk home," but nothing >> changed for several hours. Eventually student representatives convinced the >> chancellor to leave after telling their fellow students to sit down and lock >> arms (around 7:00pm).... >> >> "A few commenters and people on Twitter have asked why the chancellor is at >> the center of this firestorm over the police pepper spraying. Chancellor >> Katehi approved of the police action (though specifics of what she ordered >> exactly are still a mystery), and ordered the UC Davis cops to evict the >> protesters, resulting in the heinous pepper spraying video now plastered >> everywhere on the web. She has not apologized to the students or worked to >> remedy the situation — for instance, one student who was pepper sprayed told >> me she still has health problems after the incident, and no one from the >> administration contacted her to see if she's okay. Katehi's refusal to >> condemn the police action has only made a bad situation worse." >> >> http://thesecondalarm.wordpress.com/2011/11/20/ucdavis-chancellor-video/ >> >> http://tinyurl.com/7ajhabm >> > > > > >
