UPDATE: Last night, UC Davis chancellor forced to walk through 3 block long line of students, sitting peacefully, glaring at her in silence. Brilliant. This is what democracy looks like. (I believe the video is from this person.)
CBS is reporting that:
Two UC Davis police officers have been placed on administrative leave following their use of pepper spray in Friday's arrest of protesters.NYT's Brian Stelter tweets more:
UC Davis update: 2 cops suspended, I've confirmed; chancellor now wants investigation done in 30 days, instead of 90. Blog post coming.Background on this story here.
And some people told me it couldn't be done. That the chancellor would never care about public outrage. Ha. She's singing a different tune now than she was two days ago. As are the cops.
Here's one story on this latest development, not much in it yet.
The chancellor is singing another tune now (remember, on Friday she blamed the students):
“I spoke with students this weekend, and I feel their outrage,” said UC Davis Chancellor Linda P. B. Katehi. “I have also heard from an overwhelming number of students, faculty, staff and alumni from around the country. I am deeply saddened that this happened on our campus, and as chancellor, I take full responsibility for the incident. However, I pledge to take the actions needed to ensure that this does not happen again. I feel very sorry for the harm our students were subjected to and I vow to work tirelessly to make the campus a more welcoming and safe place," said Katehi.Nice video from last night of the students forming a three block long line that the chancellor had to walk through to leave a press conference. The report is from the local Fox affiliate, it's a bit biased, but still good video. More from the Sacbee:
Saturday evening, after holding a news conference to address intense nationwide media interest, UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi walked through a blocks-long gantlet of students, who stood silently as she passed to a waiting SUV. Katehi had stayed inside the building for more than two hours after the conference.
