$1m for 21 pepper-sprayed UC-Davis Occupiers

[GriLtCheeZ]

ACAB

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

crap. those beatniks deserved it.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

30k apiece, and 250k for the lawyers

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

1%'d!

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

crap. those beatniks deserved it.

You're sooo right bro. They deserved every penny.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

You're sooo right bro. They deserved every penny.

no, they deserved to get pepper sprayed. i hate these fucking protestors who just get in the way. both sides. they are annoying fucks.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

no, they deserved to get pepper sprayed. i hate these fucking protestors who just get in the way. both sides. they are annoying fucks.

Chill bro, just kidding dude man. LOL Your pretty well on the record around here

 

[DaLincolnJones]

should have been rubber bullets

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

These bums dont deserve a $1.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

man you guys are funny, they could have gotten much MUCH more if they hadnt settled

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

These bums dont deserve a $1.

I agree broham! The cops should all be fired and prevented from making another dollar in law enforcement ever again.

 

[Further]

seems quite low.

 

[huevonkiller]

Yeah I'm not going to defend the cops, both groups are messed up...

 

[Sedatedfork]

Now that those Occupiers are 1%ers, how much of that money will be given to the federal government to help other Occupiers? Oh, that's right, none, since personal injury money is not taxable.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Buffett Rule?

 

[Further]

Now that those Occupiers are 1%ers, how much of that money will be given to the federal government to help other Occupiers? Oh, that's right, none, since personal injury money is not taxable.

I don't think getting ~30K puts you in the 1%. Hell, for a UC Davis student the estimated cost for a non-resident is about 55Kper year. Tuition alone for one year costs more than they will get from their settlement. (tuition is ~ $36,700)


UC Davis tuition and shit

 

[PapaG]

I don't think getting ~30K puts you in the 1%. Hell, for a UC Davis student the estimated cost for a non-resident is about 55Kper year. Tuition alone for one year costs more than they will get from their settlement. (tuition is ~ $36,700)


UC Davis tuition and shit

UC-Davis ... where the kids of the 1%ers in CA who can't get into Stanford, UC-Berkley, or UCLA go to school to study how to grow grapes for wine.

 

[huevonkiller]

Yeah I don't feel sorry for them that their tuition is so high. The first two years of college are also worthless, if there was less artificial demand these kids would graduate faster.

 

[Further]

UC-Davis ... where the kids of the 1%ers in CA who can't get into Stanford, UC-Berkley, or UCLA go to school to study how to grow grapes for wine.

I very recently worked with a UC-Davis grad who was the son of a farmer from a small farm near Yreka Cali. His family was having a real hard time making ends meet. So the only person I personally know from UC-Davis was very far from a 1%er. I never asked if he had scholarships or if his parents just saved for many years, but either way they weren't made of money. By the way, he worked with me on a project aiming to help cancer treatment patients have fewer side effects from chemotherapy, what a self-entitled douche!

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

UC Davis is like clown college.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

I don't see why they had to be sprayed. That said, the award was way out of proportion.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I don't see why they had to be sprayed. That said, the award was way out of proportion.

If it was any lower do you think the police will hesitate to do it again? I don't 1 million sends a loud enough message to the police, IMO.

 

[Further]

If it was any lower do you think the police will hesitate to do it again? I don't 1 million sends a loud enough message to the police, IMO.

Exactly.

Repped

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

If it was any lower do you think the police will hesitate to do it again? I don't 1 million sends a loud enough message to the police, IMO.

I see your basic point but the size of the award is way out of proportion to the "damages". Getting pepper sprayed when conducting acts of civil disobedience (and I know that is a separate debate) creates a few hours of pain from the spray. How does that equate into this kind of money? Just seems way too high to me and also sends a message that their actions "pays".

 

[Sedatedfork]

I see your basic point but the size of the award is way out of proportion to the "damages". Getting pepper sprayed when conducting acts of civil disobedience (and I know that is a separate debate) creates a few hours of pain from the spray. How does that equate into this kind of money? Just seems way too high to me and also sends a message that their actions "pays".

Agree, but part of the damages are probably for violation of civil rights -- still way too high in my opinion,.

 

[Denny Crane]

The moral of the story is "next time use the purple pepper spray instead of the orange."

 

[BrianFromWA]

who's going to ask what happens to the 20 cops they need to fire to come up with that $1M?

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

who's going to ask what happens to the 20 cops they need to fire to come up with that $1M?

They'll just raise tuition.

 

[The_Lillard_King]

I see your basic point but the size of the award is way out of proportion to the "damages". Getting pepper sprayed when conducting acts of civil disobedience (and I know that is a separate debate) creates a few hours of pain from the spray. How does that equate into this kind of money? Just seems way too high to me and also sends a message that their actions "pays".

It wasn't protesters actions that paid, it was the police action that "pays," so hopefully police will not take that action again under those circumstances.

If you believe that part of the legal system is to shape society, then a settlement (or jury result) of this nature is helping to do it. 1 million, especially if they have to lay off officers which I doubt, shuld be a suffcient mesage that this type of conduct is not acceptable.

If the protesters all got a thousand bucks for being peppered sprayed and going through a few hours of pain (that may be high in your mind), that would be an amount to the police department taht could be written off as nominal. If treated like that, do you think the police would hesitate to do it again? In a way police get the last laugh as they spray these annoying sitting ducks and all it will cost department is a nominal write off. I don't think that is the message our judical system should send.

I get your point and maybe the prostesters getting all that money isn't fair either. Maybe they should take half or it and donate to some victim's fund.

 

[BLAZER PROPHET]

If you believe that part of the legal system is to shape society, then a settlement (or jury result) of this nature is helping to do it. 1 million, especially if they have to lay off officers which I doubt, shuld be a suffcient mesage that this type of conduct is not acceptable.

Fascinating point. That would make a great thread topic.

The legal system is not to shape society. Especially in areas of tort.