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UC Davis Spent $175,000 To Bury Search Results After Cops Pepper-Sprayed Protestors (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: The University of California, Davis spent at least $175,000 to improve its reputation on the internet after images of campus police pepper-spraying protestors went viral in 2011, according to documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee. The money went to public relations firms that promised to clean up the university's search results. One company outlined a plan for "eradication of references to the pepper spray incident," according to the documents, and was eventually paid nearly $93,000, including expenses, for a six-month campaign in 2013. After that, the Bee reports, the university paid $82,500 to another PR firm to create and follow through on a "search engine results management strategy." The latter firm was later given thousands more in other contracts to build a university social media program, and to vet its communications department.
The students also had the police officers surrounded, had been asked and ordered to move. Had been shown the pepper spray and told what would happen if they did not move to allow the police officers through. The students were blocking a main thoroughfare of the campus, and preventing the officers from doing their jobs, heck the officers were surrounded they were even being prevented from leaving the scene.
In short the students had every chance to avoid it. They deserved what they got. The School needs to grow a pair and back their officers who acted appropriately. They could have pulled out their billy clubs and started beating on the students.
Yes I back the actions of those officers.
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My view is something along the lines of "Hey we're doing anti-social stuff and causing problems being general assholes for a cause (we sometimes can't articulate, but that is besides the point)" The problem is, most of these people are precious snowflakes that when push becomes shove they somehow want to cry victimhood status for sympathy.
And as long as we grant them that, they will never cease being dickheads for a cause. They will block a highway with their "protests" causing harm to thousands of other people, and expecting no reprisals.
Left-wing protesters get rights that others do not. They can block a highway (and disrupt thousands of innocent people) , and your a hero. But block an Abortion Clinic and you're "anti woman" hater.
I wonder if the left really understands their own hypocrisy.
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Clearly, you did not see the video.
Here is the fucking video this lying fuck thinks people havent watched.
Dont be a lying fuck any more, fucker.
"His name was James Damore."