Ed. Note: On December 18, student protestors at the University of California Davis were pepper sprayed by campus police while taking part in an Occupy Wall Street rally to protest rising tuition at colleges and universities across the state. Images of the incident immediately went viral on the Internet, with calls for the resignation of UC Davis Chancelor Linda Katehi quickly following. The following video highlights the voices of those involved in the protest as they describe in detail their experience. Vincent Trinh, a first generation Vietnamese American, is a graduate student at UC Davis.
UC Davis Students Recall 'Terror' of Being Pepper Sprayed
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