Police officers pepper spray UC Davis students with countless digital recording devices capturing the event.
Digital counter surveillance–namely what we see happening as protesters become citizen journalists by turning digital cameras on the system that is meant to protect them, can arguably be seen as a tactic of the #OWS movement. Time will only tell if, in fact, these are tactics of the movement that can work to transform policies in the long run. In the meantime, keep watching.
“A police officer uses pepper spray on an Occupy Portland protester at Pioneer Courthouse Square, Oregon” (via The Guardian).
Video of UC Davis students being pepper sprayed by the police.
