I have been following the trending topic on Twitter, UC Davis and with it, watched the following video:

From this, I started doing a little research and found the following blog post by U.C. Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi,

The Civility Project

It starts:

UC Davis has a long tradition of promoting community, particularly our Principles of Community. We are a campus known for its civility and our commitment to respect, equality and freedom of expression runs deep.

While I applaud the goals of the civility project, I find the contrast between the goals and the video profound, so I've posted the following as a comment to the blog post:

I was very interested to see a video UC Davis Police Officers interacting with students in the ongoing discussion about economic disparities in the United States as described on MSNBC:

Video spreads of UC Davis cops pepper spraying Occupy students
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45364967/ns/us_news-life/#.TsfNzl-AhZM

Is this an example of The Civility Project which demonstrates your "commitment to respect, equality and freedom of expression"?

It is currently waiting moderation.