Last April, a number of students were pepper-sprayed in a "melee" that took place outside a Santa Monica College Board of Trustees meeting. About a hundred protesters gathered to protest a proposed two-tiered fee plan in which high-demand courses would be priced higher. Naturally, police sprayed them with less-lethal chemical weapons. An internal police review determined the violence against students "could have been prevented if college administrators had provided additional police resources and moved the gathering to a larger meeting hall."

  • EH

    “Police report suggests using more police officers.” SHOCKER

    • dragonfrog

      On the basis that if there had been enough cops, they could have confiscated all the footage, perhaps…

  • GertaLives

    Seems to me they could have best prevented the violence against the students by not shooting pepper spray into the eyes of a bunch of protestors. I know that’s crazy talk, but it just might work.

  • travtastic

    With just a few more officers, they could have shot pepper spray directly down the throats of everyone.