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"I want to be very clear in calling upon the Egyptian authorities to refrain from any violence against peaceful protestors. The people of Egypt have rights that are universal. That includes the right to peaceful assembly and association, the right to free speech, and the ability to determine their own destiny. These are human rights. And the United States will stand up for them everywhere." – Barack Obama, 28 January 2011UC Davis Professor Demands Chancellor Resign Over Pepper Spraying Of Students
Police used batons to try to push the students apart. Those they could separate, they arrested, kneeling on their bodies and pushing their heads into the ground. Those they could not separate, they pepper-"‹sprayed directly in the face, holding these students as they did so. When students covered their eyes with their clothing, police forced open their mouths and pepper-"‹sprayed down their throats. Several of these students were hospitalized. Others are seriously injured. One of them, forty-"‹five minutes after being pepper-"‹sprayed down his throat, was still coughing up blood.