Another Occupy photo

by David Safier

Here's a photo from the UC Davis campus.

The "crime" which provoked the spraying was blocking a walkway in the university's quad.

I learned from the same story that protesters who link arms and "actively resist," whatever that means, are engaged in an act of violence. Here's a quote from the original SF Chronicle story, from a UC police captain in Berkeley.

"The individuals who linked arms and actively resisted, that in itself is an act of violence," UC police Capt. Margo Bennett said. "I understand that many students may not think that, but linking arms in a human chain when ordered to step aside is not a nonviolent protest."

Bennett said police merely wanted to enforce the ban on camping on Sproul Plaza, but were prevented from doing so by students.

"Students who linked arms were interfering with the officers who were attempting to remove those tents," she said.

Nonviolent violence. Nonagressive agression. Any more oxymorons you want to add?