Just to embarrass Sal a little further, from a story in today's Sacramento Bee:
Katehi: Campus police were told not to use force against students By Sam Stanton sstan...@sacbee.com Last Modified: Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011 - 3:48 am As the tent city on the University of California, Davis, tripled in size, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi insisted Tuesday that the school's police department defied her orders when it used force against students in last week's pepper-spray fiasco. "We told the police to remove the tents or the equipment," Katehi said in an interview with The Bee in her office inside the administration building, which remains locked down to the public. "We told them very specifically to do it peacefully, and if there were too many of them, not to do it, if the students were aggressive, not to do it. And then we told them we also do not want to have another Berkeley." In her most expansive comments since Friday's attempt to remove the tents spiraled into the pepper-spraying of students, Katehi said she still does not know who decided to use pepper spray and was stunned when she first saw video clips of it Friday night. "It looked horrible, horrific, I would say , " Katehi said. "I can tell you that I woke up Saturday really early in the morning, like 3 a.m., and I felt like it was a disaster on our hands." She also said she never would have approved the use of full-scale riot gear by officers sent in to remove the students and that Police Chief Annette Spicuzza was part of an emergency conference call before the incident. "We told her that it has to be peaceful, that anything else would not be acceptable," Katehi said one day after Spicuzza was placed on administrative leave along with two officers who used the pepper spray.... Katehi said Spicuzza indicated Saturday that it was Lt. John Pike who decided to use the pepper spray. "I believe on Saturday when I spoke with her I said, 'What happened?' " Katehi said. "She tried to explain that it was the decision of Lt. Pike."... She has resisted [calls to resign] and met with student groups several times Tuesday, including an afternoon session at which she called for all charges against 10 individuals in Friday's incident nine of them students to be dropped. She also said UC Davis and the UC system would cover all medical expenses incurred by students who were pepper-sprayed.... After a Monday rally attended by thousands of students, faculty and others at which Katehi apologized, groups once again began to erect tents on the quad. By Tuesday, there were more than 75 tents, and Katehi said she would seek negotiations to coax them into leaving rather than take renewed police action. Meanwhile, she has ordered police to remain ready to help campers if some sort of emergency arises, but to stay out of sight. "They are on call, but they are not visible," she said, adding that the school has brought in portable restrooms and is looking into providing facilities for food and drink to maintain a healthy environment.... Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2011/11/23/4074993/katehi-campus-police-were-told.html#ixzz1eXUInSfb http://tinyurl.com/cyr65xd --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Sal Sunshine <salsunshine@...> wrote: > > Jim, I can't remember at this point which article claimed she was responsible > for giving the cops permission to use the spray. But I do clearly remember > the articles pointing out that she was trying to make it seem as though the > students were holding her hostage right before she made her famous perp walk. > Anyone in that frame of mind should not have responsibility for the > well-being of thousands of students. Happy Thanksgiving also to you and > yours.
