UC report urges measured response to protests

Saturday, May 5, 2012 - 02:30 in Psychology & Sociology

Study of pepper-spraying incident at UC Davis and brutality complaints at UC Berkeley suggests mediation rather than confrontation and says campus police should not be mobilized at peaceful demonstrations.University of California police and administrators should use mediation instead of confrontation when dealing with most student protests, but pepper spray might remain a necessary tool of last resort, according to a UC draft report on campus civil disobedience.

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