Comments on: “UC Davis Pepper Spray Cop Seeks Workers’ Comp”

By: MattS

MattS — Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:23:08 +0000

@Bob Lipton,

I would be willing to bet that the psychological injury claimed is embarrassment at having his abusive, power hungry attitude exposed to the world on YouTube.

By: Walter Olson

Walter Olson — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 12:31:49 +0000

As applied to the Davis episode, William, that theory sounds to me like a bit of a stretch.

By: William Nuesslein

William Nuesslein — Sun, 28 Jul 2013 08:15:16 +0000

I understand that protesters and police actually negotiate treatment of illegal demonstrators. Perhaps the protestors accepted pepper spay to get good footage on news reports in lieu of being roughed up.

By: marco73

marco73 — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 23:15:35 +0000

He is psychologically injured? So he had to admit to himself that he has power issues? That he has no empathy? It’s a long list.
Why sure, get a WC settlement. Then he can split that with the people that he really physically injured.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 15:54:43 +0000

The story does not specify what sort of psychological damage he claims to have suffered. Perhaps it is grief at having blown a job as a $2.4 kilobuck a week job as a rent-a-cop by attacking people who were just sitting there. I know that would make me sad.
Bob