| "UC Davis students and alumni who were pepper-sprayed by campus police during a protest 10 months ago were pleased with the nearly $1-million settlement the university system has agreed to pay. Each of the 21 students and alumni will receive $30,000, the University of California announced Wednesday. The agreement, which must still be approved in federal court, also calls for UC to pay a total of $250,000 to the plaintiffs' attorneys and set aside a maximum of $100,000 to pay up to $20,000 to any other individuals who join the class-action lawsuit by proving they were either arrested or directly pepper-sprayed, a university statement said...".* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.
*Read more here from Stephen Ceasar / LA Times: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/09/uc-davis-pepper-spray-settlement-reaction.html |
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