OC Weekly Journalists Say Trump Supporters Attacked Them at Huntington Beach Rally (Video)

Eric Ortiz / Truthdig Mar 28, 2017 Much of the media claimed that anti-Trump supporters were the aggressors, but the alternative newspaper has a different story. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Standoff at Standing Rock: Even Attack Dogs Can’t Stop the Native American Resistance

Amy Goodman / Truthdig Sep 9, 2016 The battle against the Dakota Access pipeline is being waged as a renewed assertion of indigenous rights and sovereignty. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

WATCH: White Officer Pepper-Sprays Crowd at Black Lives Matter Summit in Cleveland

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jul 27, 2015 A transit police officer pepper-sprayed a crowd in Cleveland protesting the arrest of a 14-year-old boy outside a Black Lives Matter conference held against police brutality in the U.S. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pepper Spray Villain’s Compensation Exceeds Occupiers’

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2013 The UC Davis cop who pepper-sprayed at close range a group of peacefully protesting students was awarded $38,000 for his experience in the aftermath of the altercation, more than those he brutalized received. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UC System Pays Dearly for Pepper-Spraying Student Protesters

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Sep 26, 2012 The University of California on Wednesday reached an expensive settlement with the 21 UC Davis students and alumni who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during what was otherwise a peaceful demonstration last year in support of the Occupy movement. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

UC Davis Officials, Officer Critiqued in Occupy Protest Report

Staff / Truthdig Apr 12, 2012 After UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi's handling of last fall's crackdown on Occupy protesters by campus police -- the one that inspired an artful meme drawn from shameful circumstances -- drew fire, university officials ordered a task force to investigate the pepper-spraying incident of Nov 18 and issue a report. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pepper Spray Sends 2 to Hospital During College Protest

Staff / Truthdig Apr 4, 2012 Two people were hospitalized Tuesday evening after Santa Monica (Calif.) College police officers allegedly pepper-sprayed a crowd of students and others protesting tuition increases outside a meeting of the college’s board of trustees. An investigation to determine who released the spray is under way. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Weapon of Choice

Staff / Truthdig Dec 1, 2011 Pepper spray is a chemical weapon and its use by police fits the definition of torture. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Let’s Talk About Inequality, Baby

Staff / Truthdig Nov 30, 2011 Occupy has opened up the conversation about economic inequality in the U.S.; UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi has had her hand in more than just the UC system; and a woman says she had an affair with Herman Cain for more than a decade. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Black Friday: The Pepper Spray Holiday

Staff / Truthdig Nov 26, 2011 Following the good example set by recent police activity in our great nation, a particularly determined shopper whipped out the pepper spray Thursday night in a bid to fend off competition for an Xbox at a Los Angeles Walmart. That set the tone for a Black Friday alive with holiday spirit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

When We Fight Back

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Nov 25, 2011 Morality in the land of the free is a curious mix of Tinkertoys and torture racks We have just witnessed a full week of brutal coordinated police assaults upon peaceful protesters The Occupy movement must therefore rise to a new level of coordinated and class-conscious actions against the corporate state. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

How Students Landed on the Front Lines of Class War

Juan Cole / Truthdig Nov 22, 2011 University students, who face tuition hikes and state cuts to public education, find themselves victimized by the same neoliberal agenda that has created the current economic crisis, and which profoundly endangers democratic values.University students find themselves victimized by the same neoliberal agenda that has created the current economic crisis. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )