The Impulse to Supress
I don’t know who made the original. Found it with hundreds of others on the peppersprayingcop tumblr.
Gawker reports that UC-Davis Officer John Pike, the Pepper Spraying Cop is now a meme (see this one for sure)
Regardless of whether or not Davis – a campus police officer - is representative of anything other than a dude with authority, firepower and poor judgement, I think it’s really strange how polarizing the issue of police violence is.
For my own part, I can’t fathom the situation where a non-violent protester deserves violence in a free society. I am surprised by how many do feel that way.
Mainly for my own future viewing, here’s video of the situation.
