David S. Meyer
I'm a professor of sociology and political science at the University of California, Irvine. I've been thinking, and writing about, protest politics for almost ever. This site offers comments on contemporary events, informed (I hope) by knowing something about history and about the academic study of social movements.
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Policing police at Davis
Nearly a year after a campus police office at the University of California pepper sprayed students nonviolently protesting against tuition hikes–under the banner of Occupy–the University has reached a settlement with the students. The LA Times reports that the police … Continue reading
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Tagged courts, Davis, Occupy, pepper spray, police, protest, settlement, students, University of California
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Protest, police, and pepper spray at UC-Davis
Most students, including even protesters, don’t encounter pepper spray during their studies at the University of California. Last November, however, a campus police officer sprayed students protesting tuition hikes at the UC-Davis campus. It’s worth looking at. And it’s worth … Continue reading
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Tagged Cruz Reynoso, Davis, Linda Katehi, Oakland, Occupy, pepper spray, police, students, university
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Occupy unbound
Zuccotti Park, home for Occupy Wall Street for two months, is completely irrelevant to the future of the Occupy movement. Now that the activists have been cleared out, we’re watching to see what the most important place will be. In … Continue reading
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Tagged Davis, Day of Action, Occupy, pepper spray, police, students, tactics, tuition, university, University of California, violence, Zuccotti Park
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