Obama Silent In Wake Of Pepper Spray Torture, Jill Stein Speaks Out

Irregular Times

Barack Obama refuses to say a word against it.

In the latest incident in what’s become a nationwide streak of policy brutality against protesters in the Occupy Movement, police at UC Davis pepper sprayed a line of protesters who were doing nothing but sitting peacefully in a line on a sidewalk. A police officer walked back and forth, spraying the protesters until their faces were orange with the chemical weapon. Officers forced open protesters’ mouths to put the spray down their throats, causing one student to cough up blood for at least an hour.

As people watching the protest started chanting “Shame on you,” the police officer then pointed his canister of pepper spray at the crowd, to warn them to stop chanting.

Not once during this protest were the police under any threat of physical violence.

Barack Obama refuses to even acknowledge the incident, and other pepper spray attacks against peaceful protesters.

Instead of opposing the police crackdowns against nonviolent protests, Obama has supported the police assaults , issuing a statement through his Press Secretary that it’s up to local governments to do what they want with the protests. Furthermore, the Obama Administration seems to have, through the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, assisted police in developing plans to quash occupation protests across the country.

Jill Stein, the Green Party candidate for President in 2012, is countering Obama’s acceptance and assistance of police brutality against protesters with strong and clear opposition. Stein has called for the creation of an investigation by Congress of abusive law enforcement practices in the United States, and has pledged to undo the Homeland Security excesses that have led to the many pepper spray incidents against protesters in the Occupation Movement. “The President, as head of the executive branch, bears a responsibility to protect our citizens from infringement of their civil liberties. Should I become President, I would immediately issue an executive order to all federal agencies instructing them, in cases of peaceful assemblies of citizens, to oppose the use of militaristic assaults, intimidation, threats, or brutality. I would order the Department of Justice to stop conspiring against our people – and instead, work with the community to make sure that people’s rights are being respected. And I’d ask all agencies involved to ensure that the press is able to report on what happens, because the people have a right – and a need – to know,” Stein said in a press release.

At this point, I’d rather be pepper sprayed in the face than vote for Barack Obama. Jill Stein.looks like a good liberal alternative to me.