re: #187 Killgore Trout

Free speech and freedom to protest are not absolute. There are rules and laws, commandeering public or private property for any reason (including protests) has certain laws and restriction. As far aas I can tell UC Davis police are not a government agency, I think they’re employed by the university.
Sorry, but America is not a police state. It’s simply an absurd claim.

I am not saying we live in a police state but the campus cops overreacted big time by pepper spraying the kids. They were in the quad which as students they’re permitted to be.