# Where is this photo from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [November 20, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510 "2011-11-20T02:15:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/1 "2011-11-20T02:15:30Z")
[![](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) ](https://i.imgur.com/removed.png) It shows a cop spraying pepper spray into a group of people huddled on the ground. I was told it’s at an OWS protest, but I can’t confirm it. Can anyone help? ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/2 "2011-11-20T02:18:57Z")
[Here’s a video of the incident](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WmJmmnMkuEM&feature=youtu.be). ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/3 "2011-11-20T02:51:56Z")
Those cops were lucky they didn’t incite a riot. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/4 "2011-11-20T03:58:24Z")
[More info](http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uc-davis-professor-demands-chancellor-resign-over-pepper-spraying-of-students/news/2011/11/19/30450#.Tsh6R7LNl15). ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/5 "2011-11-20T04:33:17Z")
And here’s something I just ran across [on cnn.com](http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/19/us/california-pepper-spray/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/6 "2011-11-20T05:02:41Z")
[As the chancellor of UC Davis left her office today](http://boingboing.net/2011/11/19/one-day-after-pepper-spraying.html) she was confronted by a large crowd of students who linked arms and silently stared at her as she walked to her car. ---
**Author:** ![Mosier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@Mosier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mosier)\ **Post date:** [November 20, 2011, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/7 "2011-11-20T05:28:53Z")
Question answered. Thanks everyone! ---
**Author:** ![Beast\_Model](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3e96dc/32.png) [@Beast\_Model](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beast_Model)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-photo-from/603510/8 "2011-11-21T07:42:23Z")
Here’s another one, different incident. [http://media.oregonlive.com/portland\_impact/photo/sprayjpg-7d80deb4e3132c02.jpg](http://media.oregonlive.com/portland_impact/photo/sprayjpg-7d80deb4e3132c02.jpg)