Wed Aug 1, 2012, 12:57 PM

Lt. John Pike, UC Davis Pepper Spray Cop, No Longer Working At UC Davis

Lt. John Pike, the campus police officer who pepper sprayed seated student protesters, is no longer working at the University of California, Davis, the Sacramento Bee reports.

UC Davis spokesman Barry Shiller declined to elaborate or explain whether he was fired or left on his own accord.

"Consistent with privacy guidelines established in state law and university policy, I can confirm that John Pike's employment with the university ended on July 31, 2012," Shiller told the Bee.

Claudia Morain, News Service Director at UC Davis, also confirmed Pike's departure to CNN but would not go into details. Pike also declined to comment when reached by the Bee.

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Lt. John Pike, UC Davis Pepper Spray Cop, No Longer Working At UC Davis (Original post)	ProfessionalLeftist	Aug 2012	OP
Counselled? Demoted? Opted for early retirement?	MADem	Aug 2012	#1
Depends on their charter.	Fawke Em	Aug 2012	#7
That capsacin-spraying butterball, a statie?	MADem	Aug 2012	#8
The little guy gets punished while the	Bennyboy	Aug 2012	#2
Should be a bottom-to-top investigation	ProfessionalLeftist	Aug 2012	#3
Of course not.	Bennyboy	Aug 2012	#4
Katehi should have been first.	Fire Walk With Me	Aug 2012	#5
The Capitalized Police State	dregstudios	Aug 2012	#6

Response to ProfessionalLeftist (Original post)

Wed Aug 1, 2012, 01:00 PM

MADem (86,037 posts)

1. Counselled? Demoted? Opted for early retirement?

A "lieutenant" of campus police is rather like the "captain" of the Good Ship Lollipop, IMO.

It's a title.

We'll not know the full story unless he tells us I guess.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:20 PM

Fawke Em (2,556 posts)

7. Depends on their charter.

My former university's cops were state police and took all the same training as an state trooper.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 08:39 PM

MADem (86,037 posts)

8. That capsacin-spraying butterball, a statie?

He doesn't look like he would pass the medical physical, never mind the physical fitness test!

He does look like he's a natural as a Keystone Kop, though!

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Of course, he might not have the fitness for that gig, either!

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 02:17 PM

Bennyboy (9,046 posts)

2. The little guy gets punished while the

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People that gave the orders get early retirements and get to keep their 300K a year jobs.

Typical. The guy, no matter how horrible this was, was following orders. Orders from people way higher in the chain than he was. Officer Pike would not have done this on his own, he was told to do this. And the people that told him to do this are being rewarded.

And would do exactly the same thing again.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:06 PM

ProfessionalLeftist (4,982 posts)

3. Should be a bottom-to-top investigation

But of course there won't be.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 03:17 PM

Bennyboy (9,046 posts)

4. Of course not.

Not when the people that gave the orders are the same people that would authorize the investigation.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 04:11 PM

Fire Walk With Me (37,039 posts)

5. Katehi should have been first.

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Wed Aug 1, 2012, 07:16 PM

dregstudios (37 posts)

6. The Capitalized Police State

When will we start holding officers accountable for their brutality and excessive use of force? The handling of protesters is Unconstitutional and endangers the basic rights of EVERY last American. Is this the country we were raised in, were men and women are beaten, gassed, pepper-sprayed and arrested for their disapproval of the government? Read about how the Cops profit from rounding up protesters and minorities in our Capitalized Police State at http://dregstudiosart.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-privatized-police-state.html

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