Unruley Occupy protesters force arrests in UC Davis quad

via We Surround Rochester
You will hear a lot about this story but Consider the fact that the protesters were given prior written notice (24 hours) to remove themselves from the property of the college or force would be used.

Does the “right to peacefully assemble” include the right to sit on my property and interfere with my use of it? When your actions interfere with the rights of others you have just overstepped your bounds. There can be no contradiction among rights, only violations of the rights of others.

via Mike: More pepper spray please. Also, those “rifles” are Tippman 68 carbine paintball guns. A friend owned one once, they suck. And the worst they could do is injure and eye or leave a bruise. That is less lethal than a tazer.

By Cathy Locke, Hudson Sangree and Ed Fletcher

A confrontation between police and Occupy protesters at UC Davis ended Friday afternoon with the arrest of 10 students after police officers used pepper spray to force protesters from an encampment in the campus quad, according to protest supporters and a campus police chief.
Police then left after ordering the remaining protesters to take down tents that had been put up Thursday.

Nick Perrone, a graduate student in history and recording secretary for UAW Local 2865, the union representing graduate student workers on campus, said the union was among those supporting the Occupy protesters.
Perrone said they were notified by Chancellor Linda Katehi on Friday morning that they were required to remove the tents by 3 p.m.

Karen Nikos, a UC Davis spokeswoman, said the campers were given written warning to remove the tents by 3 p.m. or police would remove them. She said many of the campers did take down their tents before police arrived.
The protest initially involved about 50 students, Spicuzza said, but swelled to about 200 as the confrontation with police escalated.
She said officers were forced to use pepper spray when students surrounded them. They used a sweeping motion on the group, per procedure, to avoid injury, she said.

The students were informed repeatedly ahead of time that if they didn’t move, force would be used, she said.
“There was no way out of that circle,” Spicuzza said. “They were cutting the officers off from their support. It’s a very volatile situation.”