Awkward in NYC

You can write to Chancellor Davis by going on the UC Davis website: http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/contact.php

Watch the violent attacks on students and read about the “responses”: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/19/uc-davis-police-pepper-spray-students_n_1102728.html

Chancellor Katehi,

Watching the videos and reviewing the photographs of the violent attack on UC Davis students, who were clearly occupying the grounds of their own institution in a peaceful and non-threatening manner, made myself and my family ill this morning. I was and am moved to tears each time I think of it. What example are you setting? Our nation cried out as peaceful protestors were attacked and killed in the Arab Spring movements, and yet those who we entrust with the education of thousands of students would have them shot like dogs in the street.

Your actions were reprehensible and unwarranted, your “response to those actions even more so. You regret that your students believed enough in their own rights and liberties that they dared to engage in collective action on THEIR OWN campus? Your response makes it clear that the safety and security of your own students means nothing to you.

My thoughts are with the students of Occupy UC Davis as they fight for representation and the right to raise their voices against tyranny. You, madame chancellor, have clearly taken the side of tyrants. I look forward to your swift removal from office and hope that ultimately you are charged in a court of law for the assault on these students.