Uc Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi at town hall, Nov. 22, 2011
DAVIS, CA - More reviews are planned as the UC Davis administration seeks to atone for last Friday's incident in which students peacefully protesting during an Occupy UC Davis event were pepper-sprayed by campus police.
Eleven students, two of whom were taken to the hospital and then released, required medical care for exposure to the spray.
Late Tuesday, Chancellor Linda Katehi announced during a town hall attended by hundreds of students, that "any medical expenses occurred by any students will be refunded."
Katehi also said she was seeking to have criminal charges dropped against 10 individuals, nine of them students, arrested Friday for failure to disburse and lodging without permission of the owner. The Occupy protest took place where students had set up tents two days previously and the university ordered they be taken down.
UC President Mark Yudof has asked former Los Angeles police chief and New York City police commissioner William Bratton to investigate the pepper spray incident. His findings will go to an advisory panel Yudof said will examine what happened and make recommendations back to Katehi.
Katehi has asked the Yolo County District Attorney's Office to conduct an investigation. The UC Davis Academic Senate composed of current and emeritus faculty has launched its own inquiry.
An online petition has gathered 80,000 signatures seeking Katehi's resignation.
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