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University of California to pay $1 million to pepper-sprayed Occupants

The University of California has been ordered to pony up around $1 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Occupy demonstrators who were pepper-sprayed by police last fall.

The incident occurred at UC Davis and the images of a police officer casually pepper-spraying protesters at a non-violent Occupy rally quickly went viral on YouTube:

UC will have to pay $30,000 to each of the 21 plaintiffs named, along with $250,000 for their lawyers to split. The university also has to set aside $100,000 to pay others who can prove they were pepper-sprayed last November as well.

 

 

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